Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
It may be that the most striking thing about members of my literary generation in retrospect will be that we were allowed to say absolutely anything without fear of punishment.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.
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My life has taken me down several different paths I never expected it to take me down. Not in a million years.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.
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It's possible to look really cute and still be comfortable. You don't have to kill your feet to have a fashionable look.
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Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.
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Only useless things are indispensable.
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I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
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I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of butter. Most doctors feel that you can have a little bit of everything.
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It may be that the most striking thing about members of my literary generation in retrospect will be that we were allowed to say absolutely anything without fear of punishment.
