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I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.

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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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It shook up Trout to realize that even he could bring evil into the world — in the form of bad ideas.
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I am a very bad scientist. I will do anything to make a human being feel better, even if it's unscientific. No scientist worthy of the name could say such a thing.
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The youngest child in any family is always a jokemaker, because a joke is the only way he can enter into an adult conversation.
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Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.
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It is time for me to be dead for a little while - and then live again.
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We were all gun nuts and they were called varmints, crows were, because they ate grain and so did we.
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Shortridge High School was an elitist high school. In a way it was a scandal because you could go there no matter where you lived, if you could get there. It was for over-achievers. It was for people who were going to college. So we were very special and we were hated for being ritzy.
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We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.
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I'm mad about being old and I'm mad about being American. Apart from that, OK.
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