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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.

Joseph Heller

Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
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
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.
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Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
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
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
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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Dreams Night
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
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
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
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

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