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Rather Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut
- A first grader should understand that her or his culture isn't a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work…
- Praise or damn as you please, but do so rather flatly, pragmatically, with cunning attention to annoying or gratifying details. Be yourself. Be unique. Be…
- While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this country, have staunchly…
- His mother understood my illness immediately, that it was my world rather than myself that was diseased.
- Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician.
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