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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.

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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Ignorance Law Mind Nature Paranoid Promote
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
JOSEPH HELLER

Enough Expensive Peace War
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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Change Confidence Courage Discovery Dread Fear Lost
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
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
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
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
JOSEPH HELLER

Government Industry Private Togetherness
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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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Children Favor Influence Liberation Parents War
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace

For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.

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