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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - July 29, 2026
One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.
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Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), "Cold Turkey", In These Times, May 10, 2004  
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The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
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William H. Borah  
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Friendship is being there when someone's feeling low and not being afraid to kick them.
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Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 11-04-10  
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A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.
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Ludwig Erhard (1897 - 1977)  
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