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To the as-yet-unborn, to all innocent wisps of undifferentiated nothingness: Watch out for life.

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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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Journalist
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Indianapolis
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Wisps
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Nothingness
Innocent
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Life
Undifferentiated

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