I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
JOSEPH HELLERWhen people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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