Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not us… - Kurt Vonnegut

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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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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (11 November 1922 – 11 April 2007) was an American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction.

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We would be a lot safer if the Government would take its money out of science and put it into astrology and the reading of palms. I used to think that science would save us, and science certainly tried. But we can't stand any more tremendous explosions, either for or against democracy.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind.

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