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What is my definition of jazz? Safe sex of the highest order.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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A lot of people were opposed to it. A lot of people were for it. I myself think about it as little as possible.
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I think jokes are a perfectly viable form of literature. Some critics take issue with me because I make my points and discuss my ideas with jokes, rather than with oceanic tragedy.
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