Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
I left the Middle West for Schenectady because the General Electric Company offered me a more congenial, better paying job than did anyone else.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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By 1892, enlightenment had progressed to the point where the Salem trials were simply an embarrassing blot on the history of New England. They were a part of the past that was best forgotten: a reminder of how far the human race had come in two centuries.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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To gain strength in our struggles, we must have a positive perspective of the principles in the plan of salvation. We must realize that we have a personal Savior whom we can trust and turn to in our times of need.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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No decent career was ever founded on a public.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
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There's a really easy way of just kind of wearing make-up but looking like there's nothing on your face... I'm still not very good at it, and I'm learning slowly.
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Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.
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I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to the church lady who seemed kind of, you know, over the top.
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A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to; when they're not performing, when they're not manipulating, when they're all alone, there's nothing.
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Some people are born ugly. It's not their fault, and I for one have never held it against a man that he is ugly. but others — and I count myself among them — are born with handsome features. That's a gift that should not be lightly taken away.
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Definitely for me, my personality, having children was a definite sea change. I found it very, very hard to balance show business and being a dad. The narcissism of show business and the complete, total focus of it was very difficult.
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Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all.
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I use circumlocution too often, and instead of getting my point across, I tend to babble.
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My history is pretty different from the history of most professors. I was a high school dropout. I dropped out and became a science fiction writer.
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I left the Middle West for Schenectady because the General Electric Company offered me a more congenial, better paying job than did anyone else.
