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Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.

Joseph Heller

I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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Country Crazy Executive Scare
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
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Children Favor Influence Liberation Parents War
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
Where were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.
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Born Innocence
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
JOSEPH HELLER

Broken Heart Die Old

Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.

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Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.

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