Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
'I liked him very much,' said Constant.'The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms,' said Beatrice.
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I've got some incredible fans actually - so loyal and they make me birthday cards and Christmas cards. I got this package of poems and artwork based around the songs. They've got this thing called 'Floetry' where they all have to put in artwork. They've set up their own competitions and stuff which is kind of amazing.
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Many incredible artists die before they were famous.
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I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.
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The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.
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Anormal day looks like, you know, shower, put on the same jeans, the same tattered Gucci loafers I got at the thrift store, white socks, and my t-shirt and my very beat-up Helmut Lang blazer. I'm in the exact same outfit every day.
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I still want to do a romantic comedy or a western or a gritty independent film... there's so much that I still want to do.
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My brother and I, we were both relatively good-looking guys growing up, but we had our awkward stages, where we were just hard to look at.
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In a relationship each person should support the other; they should lift each other up.
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I have my work and my faith... If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I don't care.
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Our port facilities should have the freedom to levy a market-based container fee which will provide new revenue and make our system more equitable to the American taxpayer and American manufacturers.
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The crimes that become iconic etch themselves into the collective consciousness because they suggest a frightening truth: that the universe does not rely on cause and effect.
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I'm really more of an executive.
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It's the moms who are overaggressive. A lot of times their daughters are very sweet and cordial, and the moms tend to grab you and scream and want to kiss you. You gotta watch out for the moms.
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At a certain time, an artist needs a big retrospective. At other times, they need a more focused exhibition. It's a different story each time; it's about establishing a dialogue.
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Maybe people have no idea how much work is behind a picture. It can seem very effortless, but there is a lot of work. It's exactly like doing ballet. It's hours and hours, but when you go onstage, it's just the pleasure of dancing.
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Among many morals which press upon us from the poor minister's miserable experience, we put only this into a sentence: - 'Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!'
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What! out of senseless Nothing to provoke A conscious Something to resent the yoke Of unpermitted Pleasure, under pain Of Everlasting Penalties, if broke!
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Laila: It isn't fair.
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I study the universe. It's the second oldest profession. People have been looking up for a long time.
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When a medium like games or comic books whips up such a rapture of enthusiasm, naturally we look for lessons we should be learning.
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It's hard not to want to become Ken Burns at times. I'm interested in being a Ken Burns who reaches that 17-year-old who goes to the multiplex just to see a good story well-told. And if there's history in it, all the better.
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We are not at all considering cancelling the Olympics.
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When the path ahead of you is uphill, surrounded by rough spots, hazards and obstacles: use a pitching wedge.
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'I liked him very much,' said Constant.'The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms,' said Beatrice.
