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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.

Joseph Heller

The laws of nature are only as immutable as the minds which promote them. Ignorance of the law is 9/10ths of the law. Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.
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Ignorance Law Mind Nature Paranoid Promote
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
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
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
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
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
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
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
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.
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Ashame Failure Trick
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
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain

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