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Dive into the brilliant and often darkly humorous mind of Kurt Vonnegut. This collection features some of his most profound and memorable quotes on life, humanity, and the universe. Experience the wisdom of a literary giant whose words resonate deeply. Explore quotes that make you think, laugh, and question everything. If you enjoy the wit of authors like Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Joseph Heller, you'll appreciate Vonnegut's unique perspective.

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00:00We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
00:06Kurt Vonnegut
00:10If you want to really hurt you, you can't do it by hurting me.
00:14You have to hurt somebody I love.
00:18Kurt Vonnegut
00:22So it goes.
00:24Kurt Vonnegut
00:28I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.
00:34Kurt Vonnegut
00:38Hello babies. Welcome to Earth.
00:43It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter.
00:46It's round and wet and crowded.
00:49At the outside, crowded, warm, wet, round, and deep.
00:55It's full of bones and babies and the Earth is solid.
00:59You will be expected to learn to sit up, then to walk.
01:03Then you will be expected to talk.
01:07Then you will be expected to learn all of the things that human beings know, with the exception of how
01:12to fly.
01:14You are not expected to learn to fly.
01:17You don't have the wings.
01:20But once you can act like a human being, better get on it.
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01:28There is nothing holy about hate.
01:32Kurt Vonnegut
01:35God damn it, you've got to be kind.
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01:43All persons are persons.
01:46All persons are valuable.
01:49Kurt Vonnegut
01:53I have been programmed to be a defender of life.
01:58Kurt Vonnegut
02:01True terror is to wake up in the night and think that I've not been wise, or good, or effective.
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02:11Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, or writing, any art.
02:17Practice your writing.
02:20Practice your drawings.
02:22Practice your singing.
02:25Practice your dancing.
02:27Become good at it.
02:29And then you can make something better.
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02:37We are too easily amused.
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02:44And I urge you to please notice everything.
02:48Don't miss a thing.
02:50That's all.
02:52Kurt Vonnegut
02:56There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no reason.
03:02No anything.
03:05Sometimes I think that's the only comfort.
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03:12The people who run the world are not the people who make the world.
03:17Those who make the world are not those who run it.
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03:25I want to sing the song of life.
03:28I want to sing la la la la la la.
03:31Kurt Vonnegut
03:35I have this motto, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
03:41Then quit.
03:42Why bother straining yourself?
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03:50Life is like a B movie.
03:52It's terribly cheesy and made on a low budget.
03:56But it's still a movie, and, you know, it's exciting.
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04:05One of the biggest delusions in the world is the belief that the world is God's creation.
04:11The world is a cosmic accident.
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04:18And on and on it goes, and on and on it goes.
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04:24No
04:24If I was good.
04:26People have killed
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