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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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The New York Daily News suggested that my biggest war crime was not killing myself like a gentleman. Presumably Hitler was a gentleman.
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Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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George W. Bush has gathered around him upper-crust C-students who know no history or geography.
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Be patient. Your future will come to you and lie down at your feet like a dog who knows and loves you no matter what you are.
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I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.
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