Воннегут
(Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)
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As a kid I was the youngest member of my family, and the youngest child in any family is always a jokemaker, because a joke is the only way he can enter into an adult conversation.
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And I realize some of you may be having trouble deciding whether I am kidding or not. So from now on I will tell you when I’m kidding.
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I’m kidding.
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I’m kidding.
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I’m kidding.
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I’m not kidding.
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The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.
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The truth is, we know so little about life, we don’t really know what the good news is and what the bad news is.
And if I die – God forbid – I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, «Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?»
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Приведены отрывки из книги: Vonnegut K. A Man Without a Country.- N.Y.: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007.