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The gun made a ripping sound like the opening of a zipper on the fly of God Almighty.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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You should be careful about who you pretend to be, because who you pretend to be - is actually who you are!
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Why throw money at problems? That is what money is for. Should the nation's wealth be redistributed? It has been and continues to be redistributed to a few people in a manner strikingly unhelpful.
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One of [ways being lucky] was to go to school during the Great Depression because teaching became a plum job.
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Smoking is the only honorable form of suicide.
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What a fool I would have been to let self-respect interfere with my happiness!
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I've been living alone for so long, everything about me’s private. I’m surprised anyone’s able to understand a word I say.
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But anyway, it's obvious through human experience that extended families and tribes are terribly important. We can do without an extended family as human beings about as easily as we can do without vitamins or essential minerals.
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