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Cat's Cradle

by Kurt Vonnegut
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“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder ‘why, why, why?’ Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.”

-Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
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tags iconic, intelligence, nature, people, uncertainty

“Science is magic that works.”

-Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
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tags science, short

“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.”

-Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
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tags experience, intelligence

“There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.”

-Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
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tags love, people

“You’ll forget it when you’re dead, and so will I. When I’m dead, I’m going to forget everything–and I advise you to do the same.”

-Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
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tags death, humor

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”

-Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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tags pride, vanity

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