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Rise above principal and do what’s right.

Joseph Heller

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 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
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
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
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
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
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
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
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
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
While none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
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Deal Greatness Important Work

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