Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
When I'm being funny, I try not to offend. I don't think much of what I've done has been in really ghastly taste. I don't think I have embarrassed many people or distressed them.
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my voice is my voice.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
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I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
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In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.
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Isolated and unincorporated, North Gulfport lacked a basic infrastructure: flooding and contaminated drinking water were frequent problems. Although finally incorporated in 1994 - not long after the arrival of the first casino - many of North Gulfport's streets still lack curbs, sidewalks, and gutters.
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Entrepreneurship requires flexibility and an open society, and there will always be people who succeed and people who follow. For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.
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It seems to me an indictment of the Republican Party that if you talk about issues of poverty and upward mobility, people assume you're a Democrat.
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I never got to make that transition from little girl to young woman... and that really screws you up.
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I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.
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The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.
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I love music. I think it's a higher art form, in a way, than movies. You know, a film you see once, maybe twice. A song will follow you forever. It's a magical thing.
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When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That's what inspired the 'Off to the Races' melodies. That's one of the times when you're feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.
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Education is the development of power and ideal.
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Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by. Turn around Every now and then I get a little bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes.Turn around bright eyes. Every now and then I fall apart.
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Compton is a much safer Compton than it was in the '80s. People play in parks. People aren't afraid to be out at night.
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Superior people take both the credit and the blame for everything that happens to them.
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When I'm being funny, I try not to offend. I don't think much of what I've done has been in really ghastly taste. I don't think I have embarrassed many people or distressed them.
