History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
JOSEPH HELLERRise above principal and do what’s right.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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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.
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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.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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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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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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Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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