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If facts weren't funny, or scary, or couldn't make you rich, the heck with them.

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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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Their imaginations were flywheels on the ramshackle machinery of the awful truth.
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Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.
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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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We are about to be attacked by Al Qaeda. Wave flags if you have them. That always seems to scare them away. I'm kidding.
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We are all experiments in enthusiasms, narrow and preordained.
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Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we're hooked on.
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The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow.
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I apologize because of the terrible mess the planet is in. But it has always been a mess. There have never been any 'Good Old Days,' there have just been days. And as I say to my grandchildren, 'Don't look at me. I just got here myself.'
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Bill Gates says, 'Wait till you can see what your computer can become.' But it’s you who should be doing the becoming. What you can become is the miracle you were born to work-not the damn fool computer.
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The truth is, we know so little about life, we don't really know what the good news is and what the bad news is.
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I've been living alone for so long, everything about me’s private. I’m surprised anyone’s able to understand a word I say.
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Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
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What a fool I would have been to let self-respect interfere with my happiness!
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My god-life! who can understand eve one little minute of it? 'don't try' he said 'just pretend you understand.
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All these years, I've been opening the window and making love to the world.
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The paintings by dead men who were poor most of their lives are the most valuable pieces in my collection. And if an artist wants to really jack up the prices of his creations, may I suggest this: suicide.
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I wish you'd help me look into a more interesting problem - namely, my sanity.
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Having a yacht is a reason for being more cheerful than most.
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