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All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.

Joseph Heller

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
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
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
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
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
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
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
Where were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.
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Born Innocence
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Angel Decent Heaven Human Impulse Poeple Saint Tragedy
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

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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