Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
While we were being bombed in Dresden, sitting in a cellar with our arms over our heads in case the ceiling fell, one slider said as though he were a duchess in a mansion on a cold and rainy night, 'I wonder what the poor people are doing tonight.' Nobody laughed, but we were still all glad he said it.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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When I wrote 'Green, Green,' it was like a really a statement of where I was at philosophically in my life.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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I want to show every part of me and every color of me. And I think, growing up Albanian, I wanted to bring that to light.
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Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.
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The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
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It makes sense to have cameras in places where terrorism and crime are of particular concern - such as in Times Square or near major bridges and tunnels. It would be more troubling to learn, however, that the government has focused cameras on the front doors of our homes just to keep track of our comings and goings.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions.
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Did I shop Kmart for clothing? No, I didn't. But I loved that I could be totally involved in the hangtags, the buttons, the commercials and with the designers. Something in my head said 'Yes.' I was adventurous.
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It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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It is every intelligent man's experience that evildoing recoils on the doer sooner or later.
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It's true that I've never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.
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Theatre is one of those things that children will love if they're helped to get there to see it. No child will find his or her own way to the theatre.
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Be the person you want others to perceive you as. So if you want others to see you as a leader, then act like one. Don't expect things to be handed to you. You have to work for it.
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While we were being bombed in Dresden, sitting in a cellar with our arms over our heads in case the ceiling fell, one slider said as though he were a duchess in a mansion on a cold and rainy night, 'I wonder what the poor people are doing tonight.' Nobody laughed, but we were still all glad he said it.
