Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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It's one thing to have forced time off as an actor, and another thing when you actually say, 'I don't want to read anything, and I don't want to talk to anybody.'
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We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
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I am autobiographical in the way a dream transforms experience and emotions all the time.
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You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.
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It's hard because I think I fall into this in-between space where there's something that's innately feminine about me, and there's also something that's kind of androgynous. I carry myself somewhere in between, and I think my music lends itself to that as well.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
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It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment, but conformity is dangerous - especially for an entity in formation.
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My parents had no money, but they had strong values that I've carried throughout my life - things like not going into debt, never borrowing money, never leveraging, paying your bills on time, keeping your agreements, selling customers the right things, treating employees right, and growing things.
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
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Like, I'll wear a bright sweater with pants that are a more classic color.
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It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.
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Our soldiers and people form one family. United, we may count on victory.
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You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment.
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I suppose where I am sort of reflects the work I have chosen to do. Are there occasional frustrations because I can't work with a certain director because it's a big studio movie, and I don't have enough of a studio profile? The answer is yes. But generall... generally, I have the career I have chosen myself.
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I don't want any competition; I've finally made it! I don't want any young bucks knocking me off and taking my job, so stay in school! Stay in school and get a nice job working in an office!
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You have to do what's best for the brand.
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Graphic novels let you take risks that just wouldn't fly in the conventional book form.
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A kite needs to be tied down in order to fly. I learned how important restrictions can sometimes be in order to experience freedom.
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I feel more and more the time wasted that is not spent in Ireland.
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The paperless office is possible, but not by imitating paper. Note that the horseless carriage did not work by imitating horses.
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See the nigger fly the airplane!
