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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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The crowd, having been promised nothing, felt cheated, having received nothing.
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It is time for me to be dead for a little while - and then live again.
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The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death.
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Unfortunately, that still leaves plenty of Americans who don't read much or think much -- who will still be extremely useful in unjust wars. We are sick about that. We did the best we could.
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