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We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should.

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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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Science never cheered up anyone. The truth about the human situation is just too awful.
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