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Seems like the only kind of job an American can get these days is committing suicide in some way.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
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