"Kilgore Trout once wrote a short story which was a dialogue between two pieces of yeast. They were discussing the possible purposes of life as they ate sugar and suffocated in their own excrement. Because of their limited intelligence, they never came close to guessing that they were making champagne."

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Source : Kurt Vonnegut (1999). “Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday!”, CNIB, 197

Kurt Vonnegut

#Two Quotes #Pieces Quotes #Guessing Quotes

“While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow.”
“I don't have any type of sketch-comedy or stand-up background.”
“a Man that wants Money thinks none can be unhappy that has it ...”

Source : Susanna Centlivre (1872). “Love's contrivance. Busy body. Marplot. Platonick lady. Perplex'd lovers. Cruel gift”, p.63
“Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism; and our second great philosopher was an agnostic.”
“Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.”

Source : "Southey's Colloquies on Society" by Thomas B. Macaulay, 1830.
“I find in all the artists that I admire most a disturbing element, a distortion, giving evidence of a struggle . . . . In great art, this conflict is hidden, it is unresolved. All that is bursting with energy is disturbing - not perfect.”
“Artists are not cheerleaders, and we're not the heads of tourism boards. We expose and discuss what is problematic, what is contradictory, what is hurtful and what is silenced in the culture we're in.”
“New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I've always had dear friends here - family, actually, I would say.”

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