Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

It is a big temptation to me, when I create a character for a novel, to say that he is what he is because of faulty wiring, or because of microscopic amounts of chemicals which he ate or failed to eat on that particular day.

Kurt Vonnegut

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 11, 1922 - April 11, 2007

Topics

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The only thing I want to be defined by is my music and personality.

Jessie J

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The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America a burst of pride over and above anything they had had since the decline of the movement of Marcus Garvey.

John Henrik Clarke

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Television has dried up for my generation, so it's plays and films.

Michael Gambon

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The only reason professional sports teams - I shouldn't say the only reason, but the most important reason professional sports teams exist - is to win. And if you're not aiming to win, then you really don't belong owning a sports team, in my opinion. So you've got to be moving there.

John S. Middleton

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I have no inclination to seek attention.

John Scarlett

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People can take, take, take from you. There are people whose profession is to do that. It's entertainment at the cost of human lives.

Amanda Knox

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It's always seductive to know where one stands in relation to the average.

Stephanie Coontz

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We can't let people down when they can't get any medical care, when they're sick and don't have money to go to a doctor. You help them.

Donald Trump

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We're thinking of creating a board of experts across the sectors of industry, to identify successful programs and to make recommendations about programs that are working and aren't working.

Cory Gardner

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Jewelery isn't really my thing, but I've always got my eye on people's watches.

Clive Owen

PeopleEyeWatchesAlwaysGotThing

I'm 5 foot, 3 inches. Even if I hit you, I'm probably not going to knock you down.

Ashley McBryde

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I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have.

Willie Nelson

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