Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
JOSEPH HELLERBut 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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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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