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Kurt Vonnegut Quotes: You can only be funny if you have matters of great importance on your mind.
         

You can only be funny if you have matters of great importance on your mind.


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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.



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There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.



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I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.



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He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.



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Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.



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Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.



About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.



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We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.



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Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.





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No problem is trivial to the angels. They want to help you with problems big and small. You are worthy and you are loved. And bottom line, is your problem is important to you, it's important to them.



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The past is dead. Tomorrow will become whatever decision you make it. ~ Acheron.




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