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 HELLERFor war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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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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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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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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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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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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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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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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