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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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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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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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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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.
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I was definitely nervous for the combine. You train for three months to go out there and perform for three days.
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The power should be in individual democracies in individual communities. It shouldn't be an oligarchy or some small group of elite. Power should be with the people and not with some politician or some heir to the throne or some madman.
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What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world.
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When I was doing 'The Sopranos', I liked putting music together with the film; that was my favorite part of it.
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I'm thankful for every moment.
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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
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Coming up in the streets, I had to learn how to read people early on. I'm a very analytical person. I observe a lot of the things that people don't notice.
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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.
