Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.
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Obviously, I am a huge Matt Morrison fan, and I am a big Lea Michele fan because I know those guys from way back.
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It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.
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I was a tomboy.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
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The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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Every village in Africa now has a cyber cafe.
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Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.
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My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pretty darn good.
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I don't think that women need to smell interesting.
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We sold OkCupid to Match in January of 2011. In September of 2012, I became CEO of all of Match, which is the operating segment of IAC that contains all of the dating properties.
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No matter how many times you say Social Security is broke, the reality is that Social Security's independent revenue stream and its Trust Fund's investments maintain the program's solvency until 2037, when it may begin to fall short.
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I can say this: You haven't lived until you've had to wear a triplet pregnancy belly. You would be amazed at what a girl can learn based on the different months of pregnancy to make her character more interesting.
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Something theoretical in the past may become evident and established in the present or in the future. It is a self-evident fact that creation has an innate tendency towards perfection, and it is through this that creation is bound to the law of development or gradual perfection.
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There's no shame in enjoying a quiet life. And that's been the realization of the past few years for me.
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I love cameras but I find myself reluctantly taking pictures because what's past is past.
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One good thing about the past is that you can't change it. So there's no reason to go back. It's there. It is what it is. The only thing you can change is right now and what's happening next.
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Good mothers and good fathers and good families don't always have great children.
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I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.
