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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.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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The biggest laughs are based on the biggest disappointments and the biggest fears.
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I'm mad about being old and I'm mad about being American. Apart from that, OK.
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If what Jesus said was good, what can it matter whether he was God or not?
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I'm odd, I know,' he said. 'It's fear of myself that's made me odd.
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