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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.

Joseph Heller

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Achievement Born Medicore Mediocrity Men Sarcastic Thrust
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
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
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
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
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
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
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
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
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
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
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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