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I can have oodles of charm when I want to.

Kurt Vonnegut

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.
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Hard Himself Ignorance Learning Man People Wisdom
And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.
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Direction Right Wrong
Round and round we spin, with feet of lead and wings of tin.
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Leadership Wings
Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.
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Moments Philosophy
A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
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Control Human Life Love Purpose
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.
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Existence Library Myself Ourselves
Everything is nothing, with a twist.
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One Liner Philosophy
All right – I’ll tell you what you did for me: you went for happy, silly, beautiful walks with me.
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Beautiful Happiness Myself Right Walk Yourself
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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Cold Kindness Summer Winter Yourself
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
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Care Deep Philosophy Pretend
Science is magic that works.
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Magic One Liner Science
Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn’t it such a relief to have somebody say that?
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Greatness Human Literature relief Yourself
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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Creation Lesson Writing Yourself
When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.
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Feeling Man Myself Writing
Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, It might have been.
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Man Sadness Word
And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.
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Happiness Myself Point Thinking Yourself

I can have oodles of charm when I want to.

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