Thanks to their decreased brainpower, people aren't diverted from the …

Kurt Vonnegut
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Thanks to their decreased brainpower, people aren't diverted from the main business of life by the hobgoblins of opinion anymore. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1999). Galapagos: A Novel, Dial Press
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Thanks to their decreased brainpower, people aren't diverted from the main business of life by the hobgoblins of opinion anymore. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1999). Galapagos: A Novel, Dial Press

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