Tag: vonnegut
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October 10, 2008 08:08 PM EDT --
"A pissant is somebody who thinks he's so damn smart, he never can keep his mouth shut. No matter what anybody says, he's got to argue with it. You say you like something, and, . . .
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April 12, 2007 08:24 AM EDT --
My favorite words by Kurt Vonnegut are....
Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the . . .
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April 12, 2007 01:18 PM EDT --
A self-described "trafficker in climaxes and thrills and characterization and wonderful dialogue and suspense and confrontations," Kurt Vonnegut was one of the funniest, most incisive and deeply . . .
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July 29, 2008 02:32 PM EDT --
New 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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October 10, 2008 08:11 PM EDT --
Note: this is from a book published in 1963
"The highest possible form of treason is to say that Americans aren't loved wherever they go, whatever they do. Claire tried to make the point . . .
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April 14, 2007 03:23 PM EDT --
I loved his writing:
The Tralfamadorians assert that there are no less than seven sexes on planet earth, all but two invisible to humans, and they try to explain to Billy why some are necessary . . .
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April 16, 2007 02:53 PM EDT --
Kurt Vonnegut and me. (And, of course, countless others)
I remember during the Viet Nam war years, we used to pass around dog eared copies of his books (like controlled substances) to savor and discuss, . . .
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April 12, 2007 02:54 AM EDT --
NY Times article - Kurt Vonnegut dead at age 84
I remember the first words of the first Vonnegut novel I ever read.
"Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time."
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November 08, 2007 12:23 PM EST --
http://www.troubling.info/vonnegut.html
I think this link speaks for itself.
simple, yes.
wise, yes.
Funny, yes.
You can't . . .
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October 04, 2007 08:51 AM EDT --
I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I read Slaughterhouse Five. It just sounded interesting. I was in high school thirty years ago. Indeed , I read all of Kurt V.'s . . .
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April 13, 2007 01:36 AM EDT --
There are dozens of great articles published on Gather today celebrating the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., who died last night at the age of 84. People have expressed their admiration for . . .
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August 07, 2007 07:54 PM EDT --
This summer, I, Ophelia discovered Kurt Vonnecut. You see, Mistress Elizabeth was embarrassed when Kurt died this Spring and everyone on Gather was paying tribute to this famous writer and she hadn't . . .
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April 13, 2007 11:26 PM EDT --
Kurt Vonnegut passed away on 11th April, just three days ago and immersed in my multifarious activities with increasing horror of watching TV with all its sensationalism, I failed to know one . . .
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February 26, 2008 08:57 PM EST --
Political Quote for ToDay
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 . . .
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April 18, 2007 02:18 PM EDT --
I am devastated that my all-time favorite writer, Kurt Vonnegut, just passed away. If you have not read him, you have missed many great treats. My favorite is Cat's Cradle, although his . . .
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April 12, 2007 07:59 PM EDT --
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1922-2007
So it goes. Kurt Vonnegut has died at the age of 84. It happened last night according to the news sites, of complications from a fall. I think he would have been amused at . . .
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May 02, 2008 06:32 AM EDT --
"There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too."
Kurt Vonnegut, author
Mother . . .
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April 13, 2007 11:32 PM EDT --
The radio told me on Thursday morning, April 12, that my favorite author had passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2007. He had been suffering from brain injuries, a result from a fall he experienced . . .
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April 12, 2007 06:28 PM EDT --
Sometimes when I wake up for my midnight ramblings, the internet shows me some news that takes dome of the 'merry' out of my 'merry midnights'. As is the case this evening. . . .
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May 24, 2008 01:39 AM EDT --
Writing Quote of the Day ~ May 23, 2008
Welcome Writing Quotes members and anyone who should happen on this quote.
"You . . .
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