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What war has always been is a puberty ceremony.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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I had made her so unhappy that she had developed a sense of humor. [-Rabo Karabekian]
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You had to get everything exactly right or the editors would give you hell.
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