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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.

Joseph Heller

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
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
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
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
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
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
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
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
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
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
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
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

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