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It's perfectly ordinary to be a socialist. It's perfectly normal to be in favor of fire departments.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death.
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I am a monopolar depressive descended from monopolar depressives. That's how come I write so good.
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