From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
JOSEPH HELLERShe was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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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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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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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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All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
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Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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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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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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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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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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