Kurt Vonnegut Quotes
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But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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The evidence of a Jewish civilization going back more than two millennia is overwhelmingly borne out in the archaeology of the region. The heritage of the Jews in Palestine is documented.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.
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Latin people love to dance. Nothing is more powerful than a Latin man doing 'Mambo Number 5' by himself.
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'Twilight's got some avid - and rabid - fans.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful.
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For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.
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Being an entrepreneur is my dream job, as it tests ones tenacity.
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My golf swing is probably the most horrendous you've ever seen. I look like I'm trying to attack the ball.
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When you keep the caliber of musicians very high in the band, people are going to come and go. Some of them will be people who have to try various things, it's natural.
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It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.
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Entrepreneurs create value; I wanted to create ideas that became machines for making value.
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The popular story is that America was built by immigrants and that, therefore, everything about immigration is good and leads to a more successful society. This narrative is so devoid of historical context that it should embarrass anyone beyond a second-grade education.
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In essence, science is a perpetual search for an intelligent and integrated comprehension of the world we live in.
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Humor is a way of holding off how awful life can be.
