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I'm mad about being old and I'm mad about being American. Apart from that, OK.

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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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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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Roses are red, And ready for plucking, You're sixteen, And ready for high school.
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Being an American means never having to say you're sorry.
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The other American divisions on our flanks managed to pull out: We were obliged to stay and fight. Bayonets aren't much good against tanks.
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The crowd, having been promised nothing, felt cheated, having received nothing.
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Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
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