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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.

Joseph Heller

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
Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
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Air Exercise Fresh Meet Opportunity People Prostitution Trouble
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
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
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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Broken Heart Miracle Time
They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Agree Education Necessary People Possible Question
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
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
While none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
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Deal Greatness Important Work
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
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
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain

What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.

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