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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Joseph Heller

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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Country Dare Exercise Freedom Independence Traditonal
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Achievement Born Medicore Mediocrity Men Sarcastic Thrust
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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Dreams Night
There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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Freedom People Question Want
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
The laws of nature are only as immutable as the minds which promote them. Ignorance of the law is 9/10ths of the law. Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.
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Ignorance Law Mind Nature Paranoid Promote
Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.
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Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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Imagination Mercy Process Understand
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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Ideas Life Novel Writing

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