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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.

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
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
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
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
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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Dead Difference War Win
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
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
The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Enemy Kill War

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