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I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.

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
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
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
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
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 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
Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
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Government Industry Private Togetherness
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
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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Children Favor Influence Liberation Parents War
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
Let’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
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Drive Live Packet
You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.
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Ashame Failure Trick
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
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
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Hope Misery

I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.

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