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Sordid things, for the most part, are what make human beings, my father included, move. That's what it is to be human, I'm afraid.

Sordid things, for the most part, are what make human beings, my father included, move. That’s what it is to be human, I’m afraid.
– Kurt Vonnegut Jr

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