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Kurt Vonnegut
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People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1988). Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut, p.152, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1988). Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut, p.152, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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