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Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.

Joseph Heller

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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Book Conflict Deal Fashion Opinion Rude Subject
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
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
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
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
It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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Dead Difference War Win
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
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
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
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Hope Misery

Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.

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Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.

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