Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
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I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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I did one touring show with Horatio Sanz. We went to, I think it was Iowa State University, and we were in this field house, so people were sitting on the floor. It started out with 2,500 people in there. We delivered the most mediocre improv, and it went from a crowd of 2,500 to 250 people in the course of 45 minutes. It was grim.
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I am a bit of a Cheap Pete, but I do spend a fortune on books and false moustaches and practical jokes.
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People lived in the same apartments for years. You'd meet a group of kids in kindergarten, and you'd still be with them in high school. No one ever left the neighborhood.
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You just have to work super hard, and if you have a passion, that's the most beautiful thing in life, and you just have to bust out and do it, baby!
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China is attempting the death-defying feat, which no one has attempted in the history of the world, which is to move a billion people out of poverty. When I speak to Chinese policy-makers, the thing that annoys them the most about Western policy-makers is that they're not given any credit for anything.
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Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes.
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Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France.
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'Halo' I wrote with my grandpa in his nursing home. When I went to visit him, he'd often comment on my halo. But of course, I couldn't see. And he always - he had pictures of Jesus with these beautiful halos. And so I asked him if he'd write a song with me about Jesus' halo.
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It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.
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Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run, travel, think, and experience life. I realise how important it is to use the time I have.
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France has more need of me than I have need of France.
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People read things into my commercials that don't even exist.
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No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.
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The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living.
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There are always fights in a band. People get together for these reunion shows after 20 years, and they play a couple shows and break up again.
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I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.
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Well, filming in Hawaii, you know, is a blessing. It's one of the most beautiful places on this planet. It has a very mystic energy which informs you as an actor.
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I went to sleep dreaming of Malawi, and all the things made possible when your dreams are powered by your heart.
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From Finding the Center to Reading and Writing: A Personal Account, the story remains the same: in a journey unique to myself, I left my worthless home, with its small people, and I sailed against the tides of chance and history looking for a better place -- for the center -- where I suffered greatly and made myself into a great writer.
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No grown woman is a fan of premature ejaculation.
