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815I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did'. Kurt Vonnegut
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I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that... -
767I am eternally grateful.. for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel honored to be alive, no matter what else might be going on. Kurt Vonnegut
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I am eternally grateful.. for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel honored to be alive, no matter what else might be going on. -
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How nice--to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive. -
804All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber. Kurt Vonnegut
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All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've... -
791Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops. Kurt Vonnegut
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Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops. -
663A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. Kurt Vonnegut
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A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. -
623Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the Universe. Kurt Vonnegut
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Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the Universe. -
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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. -
655Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful. Kurt Vonnegut
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Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful. -
708Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. Kurt Vonnegut
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Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. -
621Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. Kurt Vonnegut
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Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. -
624Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything. Kurt Vonnegut
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Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything. -
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if you do not experience it, its not real -
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A quote from Keats on being one's self -
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I can have oodles of charm when I want to. -
736A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness. Keats
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A quote from Keats on things of beauty -
651Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immediately, no matter what the charmer had in mind. Kurt Vonnegut
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Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immediately, no matter what the charmer had in mind. -
632The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were. Kurt Vonnegut
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The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were. -
643New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become. Kurt Vonnegut
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New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become. -
661I think that novels that leave out technology misrepresent life as badly as Victorians misrepresented life by leaving out sex. Kurt Vonnegut
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I think that novels that leave out technology misrepresent life as badly as Victorians misrepresented life by leaving out sex.