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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

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
Let’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
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Drive Live Packet
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
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
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
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
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
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
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
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
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing

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