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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.

Joseph Heller

From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
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
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
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
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’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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Ideas Life Novel Writing
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
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 think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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Country Crazy Executive Scare
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
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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Book Conflict Deal Fashion Opinion Rude Subject
There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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Freedom People Question Want

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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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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