"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center."

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Source : FaceBook post by Kurt Vonnegut from Oct 01, 2012

Kurt Vonnegut

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“Fear can be good when you're walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you go to bed, but it's not good when you have a goal and you're fearful of obstacles. We often get trapped by our fears, but anyone who has had success has failed before.”
“You will never become rich, until you hate poverty”
“I love the gallery, the arena of representation. It's a commercial world, and morality is based generally around economics, and that's taking place in the art gallery.”
“That freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent tragic happenings in this subcontinent. We are in the midst of unparalleled difficulties and untold sufferings; we have been through dark days of apprehension and anguish; but I can say with confidence that with courage and self-reliance and by the Grace of God we shall emerge triumphant.”

Source : "A-Bombs Left Top Councils Of Japan Split". The Washington Post, July 17, 1995.
“All the best bits of a film happen when I'm looking down at my phone. Life, is similar.”
“I am drinking the stars”
“When you talk about the security and safety of average Americans it doesn't do average Americans a lot of good to expand America's military footprint if the daily lives of average Americans are being undermined by the fact that we're no longer able to compete in a global economy. I think that's the kind of human security we have to pay more attention to.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Surround yourself with amazingly intelligent men and women. The people I work with not only are smarter than I am, possessing both intellectual and emotional intelligence, but also share my determination to succeed. I will not make an important decision without them.”

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