Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
I'm convinced that no one can amount to a damn in the arts if he becomes sweetly reasonable, seeing all sides of a picture, forgiving all sins.
Quotes to Explore
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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We're not just going to take some songs from a focus group in Nashville where people are sitting around in a circle having appointments trying to write catchy songs so they can sell them to a band like us.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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God doesn't know things. He is things.
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After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.
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I have decided in 2020 to run for president.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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Some people lose sense of what their music was when their life starts to get better.
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To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what's going to happen.
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I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women in Comedy Festival, I was thrilled.
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Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those people that whenever he talked to you, you felt like you were the center of the universe.
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Moviemakers are rewarded with tax write-offs if, when seeking a location that looks like America, they seek it in America.
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.
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It felt amazing to be one of a handful working female directors in Hollywood.
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Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed: nature never pretends.
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I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn't want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.
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Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a man can paint this picture.
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Even though you picture Russians as stoic, their language is really poetic.
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I'm convinced that no one can amount to a damn in the arts if he becomes sweetly reasonable, seeing all sides of a picture, forgiving all sins.
