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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Joseph Heller

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
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
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
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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Country Crazy Executive Scare
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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Government Industry Private Togetherness
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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Country Dare Exercise Freedom Independence Traditonal
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
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
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
All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
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Book Conflict Deal Fashion Opinion Rude Subject
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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Life Negative Responsiblity Run Save

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