If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
“If this isn’t nice, what is?” he said.
Kurt Vonnegut • Timequake
“One of the things [Uncle Alex] found objectionable about human beings was that they rarely noticed it when they were happy. He himself did his best to acknowledge it when times were sweet. We could be drinking lemonade in the shade of an apple tree in the summertime, and Uncle Alex would interrupt the conversation to say, "If this isn't nice, what... See more
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A plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit.
Kurt Vonnegut • Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style
'Make your soul grow'
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Kurt Vonnegut loved to speak to college students. He believed, if I may paraphrase here, that “we should catch young people before they become CEOs, investment bankers, consultants, and money managers (and especially hedge fund managers), and do our best to poison their minds with humanity.”
John Bogle • "Enough"
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Vonnegut’s fifth item of advice is “Sound like yourself.”