egregious. most people think that word means terrible or unheard of or unforgivable. it has a much more interesting story than that to tell. it means "outside the herd." imagine that - thousands of people, outside the herd. Kurt Vonnegut More Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut More Quotes From Kurt Vonnegut There are lots of things worth doing that are no way to make a living. They are agreeable ways to make a more agreeable life. Kurt Vonnegut way I myself grew up when radio was very important. I'd come home from school and turn on the radio. There were funny comedians and wonderful music, and there were plays. I used to pass time with radio. Kurt Vonnegut play home school Human beings will believe in all kinds of things that aren't true, and that's okay. And TV is a part of that. Kurt Vonnegut tvs kind believe It's an astonishing skill that people can read, and read well. Very few people can read well. For instance, I have to be very careful with irony, saying something while meaning the exact opposite. Kurt Vonnegut skills opposites people I'm an old guy, and I was protesting during the Vietnam War. We killed fifty Asians for every loyal American. Every artist worth a damn in this country was terribly opposed to that war, finally, when it became evident what a fiasco and meaningless butchery it was. Kurt Vonnegut artist war country I went to high school in Indianapolis I learned how to walk around looking tough because everybody had to do that. I go out there occasionally and they're still doing it, walking around looking very tough because something might happen. Kurt Vonnegut tough might school How important my books are or anybody's books are, I don't know. I don't think they are terribly important I think that they make people contented during the period they are reading them and this is worth something is to take care of somebody for a couple of hours. Kurt Vonnegut couple reading book After the First World War, Germany was trying to build a democracy. Then when the Reichstag, the legislature, was burned down in 1933, this was seen as such an emergency that human rights had to be suspended. The attack on the World Trade Towers has allowed Bush and his gang to do anything. What are we to do now? I say when there's a code red, we should all run around like chickens with our heads cut off. I don't feel that we are in any great danger. Kurt Vonnegut cutting running war It's incumbent on the President to entertain. Clinton did a better job of it - and was forgiven for the scandals, incidentally. Bush is entertaining us with what I call the Republican Super Bowl, which is played by the lower classes using live ammunition. Kurt Vonnegut president class jobs The government satirizes itself. All we can wish is that there will be a large number of Americans who will realize how dumb this all is, and how greedy and how vicious. Such an audience is dwindling all the time because of TV. Kurt Vonnegut government dumb numbers The right of the people to peacefully assemble and petition their government for a redress of grievances is now worth a pitcher of warm spit. That's because TV will not come and treat it respectfully. Television is really something. Kurt Vonnegut government people television George Bush and his gang imagine they are being political geniuses. Kurt Vonnegut gang political genius People are lying all the time as to what a murderous nation we are. So let it be known. We're behaving abominably. It's like having a relative go absolutely nuts. Somebody has to say, "I think Uncle Charlie's off his rocker." We are behaving in a bizarre manner. Kurt Vonnegut uncles lying thinking Well, we are terribly divided politically, yes, and, you know, I don't mean to intimidate you and your listeners but I have a master's degree in anthropology from the University of Chicago. Kurt Vonnegut degrees chicago mean You have never seen greatness in a Presidency; I have. It was a rich kid who you would think had every reason to be a horse's ass - Franklin Roosevelt. He was humane and wise and resourceful. He was called a traitor to his class. Kurt Vonnegut horse wise kids It distresses me deeply that ideas are not to be circulated freely in the USA if certain persons have their way. One of the things that was great about this country was that I could say anything and that everyone else could say anything and we would compare all possible ideas and arrive at opinions. Kurt Vonnegut usa country ideas Start [writing] as close to the end as possible. Kurt Vonnegut ends writing We are all what we pretend to be, but, we had better be very careful what we pretend. Kurt Vonnegut We are what we pretend to be, but we better be very careful what we pretend. Kurt Vonnegut I let the dog out, or I let him in, and we talk some. I let him know I like him, and he lets me know he likes me. Kurt Vonnegut talk know me dog
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