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I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.

Joseph Heller

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
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
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 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
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
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
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
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
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
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life

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