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

Joseph Heller

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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Achievement Born Medicore Mediocrity Men Sarcastic Thrust
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
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
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
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
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
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
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
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
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
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise

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