She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind.
KURT VONNEGUTSo, in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too.
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And yet another moral occurs to me now: Make love when you can. It’s good for you.
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Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
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The only proof he needed for existence of god was music.
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One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.
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We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
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Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
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If your brains were dynamite there wouldn’t be enough to blow your hat off.
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Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.
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So, in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too.
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Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies- God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.
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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 kinds of things you can’t see from the center.
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Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
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Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.
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Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.
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The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.
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