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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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My ancient history teacher, Millie Lloyd, should have worn a medal for her performance at the battle of Thermopylae. She was excited and we were excited.
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We're not too young for love, just too young for about everything there is that goes with love.
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One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the Universe which he or she did not thoroughly understand.
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If people insist on living as if there's no tomorrow, there really won't be one.
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Nothing in this book is true.
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The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal.
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He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.
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And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.
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After the thing went off, after it was a sure thing that America could wipe out a city with just one bomb, a scientist turned to Father and said, 'Science has now known sin.' And do you know what Father said? He said, 'What is sin?
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. . . but the Universe is an awfully big place. There is room enough for an awful lot of people to be right about things and still not agree.
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Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.
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