Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.
Quotes to Explore
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In 2005, I had one more year of college left, and I was taking a summer class in Barbados. I got discovered in the airport on my way back and started modeling at the beginning of my senior year at Bucknell.
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I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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Midi is my hobby.
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One of the ways the North Korea regime has kept power is by keeping its people ignorant of the living standards in the outside world. That's the underlying lie that supports the regime - not that their country is 'normal' but that they are better off.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.
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We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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This is the first lesson for writers - or anyone - who conducts interviews: If you want someone to talk, you've got to know how to listen. And good listening is a surprisingly active process. The interviewee is your focus of attention; you are there to hear what he says and thinks, exclusively.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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If all else fails, birdie the last.
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After finishing my business administration course, I had gone to look for a job in a multinational bank, but the interviewee said that I should become an actor.
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There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.
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People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.
