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The name of the new religion, said Rumfoord, is The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent.

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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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I think William Shakespeare was the wisest human being I ever heard of. To be perfectly frank, though, that's not saying much.
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The crowd, having been promised nothing, felt cheated, having received nothing.
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