One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on …

Kurt Vonnegut
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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. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2013). If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young, p.52, RosettaBooks
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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. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2013). If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young, p.52, RosettaBooks

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