Mark Vonnegut Quotes
There was a point when I was 15 or 16 that I realized that my father wanted me to be a loner. I decided, 'It's okay to be an introvert, but I don't want to be a loner. I want a few other people in my life.'
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.
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Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It's an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And we will not abandon this plan until the end.
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The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations.
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I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors.
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Everybody is struggling for the good things of the world, and all the arguments to prove that they are not desirable are worse than wasted.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
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I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.
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If something's not right, I don't believe in maintaining something for the sake of what's considered a traditional family, because I believe that there are different ways to raise children. It's far more effective to raise children in happy homes.
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When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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Fame means so little about somebody when you come right down to it.
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If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.
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There was a point when I was 15 or 16 that I realized that my father wanted me to be a loner. I decided, 'It's okay to be an introvert, but I don't want to be a loner. I want a few other people in my life.'
