Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
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I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
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People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
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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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I love watching Hollywood movies - I just don't know if I'd be happy doing a 'Jurassic Park.'
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Workers in decent jobs view the economy as unjust if they or their children have virtually no chance of climbing to a higher rung in the socioeconomic ladder.
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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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Because travel has always been such a vital part of myself and so essential to who I am, I have made the decision to continue to put myself back out into the world. And that's not an easy decision to make.
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When life kicks you, let it kick you forward.
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The POM bottle is sublime, in a way. When you go into a supermarket, you hear that noise everywhere: 'Buy me! I'm going to save your life! I'm going to make you thin!' When you come to that POM bottle, it's like an oasis of calm.
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God is within you. God is a nice feeling. He's the flowers and smells and the nice things in life.
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So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.
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No grown woman is a fan of premature ejaculation.
