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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

Joseph Heller

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
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
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
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
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
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
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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Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
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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Change Confidence Courage Discovery Dread Fear Lost
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
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
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
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
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
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
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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