Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
These displaced people need something, and the clergy can’t give it to them-or it’s impossible for them to take what the clergy offers. The clergy says it’s enough, and so does the Bible. The people say it isn’t enough, and I suspect they’re right.
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Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.
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As a mom, I don't have much time for beauty.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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Nothing makes us love a person as much as praying for him.
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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I don't like to listen to music while I'm working.
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You learn about winning at a different level. College is a much different level than the professional game. It's exciting and it's high energy. But as we know, there's very few that come and play in this game.
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These displaced people need something, and the clergy can’t give it to them-or it’s impossible for them to take what the clergy offers. The clergy says it’s enough, and so does the Bible. The people say it isn’t enough, and I suspect they’re right.
