Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
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We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressive and at the same time we have to retain values. We have to hold onto the past as we explore the future.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice.
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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
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Panic is a horrible thing.
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I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.
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My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.
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When television came along, I'd already done more than 10 years of radio work and I thought everyone would want me. I sat around waiting for the phone to ring - and it didn't.
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If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky.
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Dead people don't really die. They live on within you.
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I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.
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To hear the appreciation, the screams - that's what any of us need. We're at our best when we're wanted.
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If we're going to talk about our businesses, we're going to have to talk about them within the constraints of the disclosure rules, without giving guidance, because we're not going to give guidance, because we don't believe that it is a sensible game to play.
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I grew up in the projects in Queens, and we were really poor.
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My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled.
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Communicators need to figure out how well do they engage people, and they should not talk one word longer than people are engaged.
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I want to try and get better in every facet of the game.
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You don't want someone who can't tell the difference between having a different opinion and dismissing your opinion.
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When I was growing up, 'Anna Karenina' was one of my favourite books.
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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
