Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
Paul wondered at what thorough believers in mechanization most Americans were, even when their lives had been badly damaged by mechanization.
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I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
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You can't ask your pharmacist to stock larger quantities of potassium nitrate because you want to make a bigger rocket.
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I've always thought that parallel parking was my main talent.
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A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years.
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If we're on long-haul flights I've been known to sleep on the floor so I hear the engine.
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I have noticed when you get a bunch of dudes in a room together, and you just have one woman or two women, the dudes will bro out. And the woman won't get heard.
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I believe in large families: every woman should have at least three husbands.
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Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
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I definitely like to eat.
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A lot of times when I'm writing lyrics, I just think about insecurities that I might have and turn them into a scene. Some things may be true, and some things may not.
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I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some of the back pay!
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It seems to me certain that more people are killed out of righteous stupidity than out of wickedness.
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In measured tones he answered Madouc: 'Your condition lacks dignity; you bring ridicule upon us all.'Madouc gave a stony shrug. 'If you do not like what you see, look elsewhere.'
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My fantasy is going into a men's loo. And listening to what they say.
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My number one goal was not getting 'A's' - and I proved it. I was a 'C' student. You have to be ready to learn. If you're not interesting in learning, it doesn't work. As I grew older and wanted to learn and desperately wanted inside information, learning was a lot easier.
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The single best indicator of whether or not a child is going to be in poverty or not is whether or not they were raised by a two-parent household or a single parent household.
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You can take it for granted that I am not going to waste any time thinking about giving up how happy I am at Borussia, in the city of Dortmund, and with this team.
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I couldn't sleep for nights on end, as my brain felt like there were thoughts colliding within it; I obsessed over small details, from saving pennies and polishing each one of them to washing my clothing over and over in the washing machine.
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I try to be a complete player - in attack and in defence - and to improve every year.
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Equally, though, there are guys who play England Under 19 who don't even play First Class cricket. It is a watershed in the careers in many ways.
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Astrology furnishes a splendid proof of the contemptible subjectivity of men in consequence whereof they refer everything to themselves and from every idea at once go straight back to themselves. Astrology refers the course of celestial bodies to the miserable ego; it also establishes a connection between the comets in heaven and the squabbles and rascalities on earth.
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I'm a bit of a gym rat. I have a spin group and my second office is the elliptical. I love backpacking. I have to be outside a lot, too. Four hours of exercise is what makes me happy. All day, even better.
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Paul wondered at what thorough believers in mechanization most Americans were, even when their lives had been badly damaged by mechanization.
