Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
JOSEPH HELLERIn the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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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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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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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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But 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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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Let’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
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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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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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