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Joseph Heller

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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Adjective Adverb Death Declare Hands
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
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
You’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
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Appreciation Character Courage Intelligence Moral
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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Life Negative Responsiblity Run Save
The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Enemy Kill War
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
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
When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
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Angel Decent Heaven Human Impulse Poeple Saint Tragedy
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge

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