Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
This silly playlet seemed to satisfy them completely as a picture of what they were doing, why they were doing it, and who was against them, and why some people were against them. It was a beautifully simple picture these procession leaders had. It was as though a navigator, in order to free his mind of worries, had erased all the reefs from his maps.
Quotes to Explore
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'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.
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It's really important to me that my sound is a combination of beats and melody. I love hearing strong, confident beats in music because I love to dance. At the same time, melody is really important to me because I love singing.
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How long you live is less important than how healthy you are along the way.
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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 like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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I try not to eat too many raw vegetables. I only have one raw meal a day. At night I eat warm, cooked foods. I like to drink lots of tea, but no coffee. Not drinking coffee has changed my game for the better.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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I take my work seriously.
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Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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Any psychologist will tell you that healing comes from honest confrontation with our injury or with our past. Whatever that thing is that has hurt us or traumatized us, until we face it head on, we will have issues moving forward in a healthy way.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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There's been a gap between perception and reality, the perception being that California is on the cutting edge of gun safety legislation when, in fact, there are a number of areas where we have fallen behind.
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The more you take on, the more efficient you become. You only learn how much you can actually do by trying to do too much.
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I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible.
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The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but it's the only thing they've been allowed to do.
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They're building this new stadium for 23,000 people, which is too big for tennis. They've got their $90,000 boxes, which they can sell to people who don't care about money. But will there be room for kids? Will there be bleachers? You can't build tennis for fat cats. You have to interest new people.
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I think you need to love giving compliments as much as you love receiving them.
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This silly playlet seemed to satisfy them completely as a picture of what they were doing, why they were doing it, and who was against them, and why some people were against them. It was a beautifully simple picture these procession leaders had. It was as though a navigator, in order to free his mind of worries, had erased all the reefs from his maps.
