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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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Country Dare Exercise Freedom Independence Traditonal
I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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Imagination Mercy Process Understand
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
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
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
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
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Hope Misery
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
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
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.
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Children Favor Influence Liberation Parents War
Let’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
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Drive Live Packet
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

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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