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I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.

Joseph Heller

There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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Freedom People Question Want
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
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Hope Misery
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
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
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
I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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Imagination Mercy Process Understand
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
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.
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Ignorance Law Mind Nature Paranoid Promote
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
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
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
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

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