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     • “Don’t give up on books. They feel so good—their friendly heft. The sweet reluctance of their pages when you turn them with your sensitive fingertips. A large part of our brains is devoted to deciding what our hands are touching, is good or bad for us. Any brain worth a nickel knows books are good for us.”
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     If This Isn't Nice, What Is? Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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   What is Kurt Vonnegut if this isn't Nice?

   • Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young “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.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young

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   What is Kurt Vonnegut's advice to the young?

   • Kurt Vonnegut’s Advice to the Young on Kindness, Computers, Community, and the Power of Great Teachers “Teaching, may I say, is the noblest profession of all in a democracy.” Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922–April 11, 2007) was a man of discipline, a champion of literary style, a kind of modern sage and poetic shaman of happiness, and one wise dad.

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   What does Kurt Vonnegut say when a child complains about the planet?

   • “Whenever my children complain about the planet to me, I say 'Shut up, I just got here myself'.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young “There’s only one rule I know of—Goddam it, you’ve got to be kind.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young

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   Is Kurt Vonnegut a good satirist?

   • If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young Master storyteller and satirist Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most in-demand commencement speakers of his time. For each occasion, Vonnegut's words were unfailingly unique, insightful, and witty, and they stayed with audience members long after graduation.

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   Did Kurt Vonnegut graduate from college?

   • “Popular as he was as a graduation speaker, Vonnegut never graduated from college.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young “Yes, and let’s make sure every American gets a puberty ceremony, an impressive welcome to the rights and duties of grown-ups. As matters now stand, only practicing Jews get those.

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   Who is Kurt Vonnegut?

   • Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922–April 11, 2007) — a man of discipline, a champion of literary style, modern sage, poetic shaman of happiness, and one wise dad — endures as one of the most prolific and sought-after commencement speakers of all time.

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   Advice to the Young (Seven Stories Press) is a 2013 collection of nine commencement speeches from Kurt Vonnegut, selected and introduced by longtime friend and author Dan Wakefield. [1]

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   Apr 17, 2014 · By Maria Popova. Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922–April 11, 2007) was a man of discipline, a champion of literary style, a kind of modern sage and poetic shaman of happiness, and one wise dad. After the publication of his now-legendary 1969 satirical novel Slaughterhouse-Five, Vonnegut added another point of excellence to his résumé: He ...

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   Quotes Showing 1-30 of 111. “We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”. ― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young. tags: creativity, invention, quip, wings, writing.

   • Author: Kurt Vonnegut, Dan Wakefield

   • Publish Year: 2013

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   May 12, 2014 · Advice to the Young (public library), which also gave us Vonnegut on kindness and the power of great teachers. In one of the best speeches in the collection, Vonnegut addresses the graduating class at Fredonia College in New York on May 20, 1978.

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   Apr 10, 2013 · Advice for the Young is an edited collection of commencement speeches Vonnegut gave (basically in the last decade of his life). Here are a few takeouts: “We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”

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   If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice to the Young is a posthumous collection made up largely of graduation speeches, edited and with an introduction by Dan Wakefield. It has been printed in three editions, in 2013, 2016, and 2020 with expanded contents in each version.

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    Books. If this Isn't Nice, what Is?: Advice to the Young : the Graduation Speeches. Kurt Vonnegut. Seven Stories Press, 2014 - Education - 123 pages. Best known as one of our most astonishing...