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

Joseph Heller

He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
JOSEPH HELLER

Enjoyment Except Literature
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
While none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
JOSEPH HELLER

Deal Greatness Important Work
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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Appreciation Character Courage Intelligence Moral
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
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Agree Education Necessary People Possible Question
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
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Adjective Adverb Death Declare Hands
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
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 don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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Broken Heart Miracle Time
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
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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Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
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Air Exercise Fresh Meet Opportunity People Prostitution Trouble
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
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
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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Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
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

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

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