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The computer revolution has allowed white-collar criminals to do what the Mob would have loved to do - put a pawnshop and a loan shark in every home!
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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Well here you are, there it is, THIS is what it's all about.
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