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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.

Joseph Heller

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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
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
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
JOSEPH HELLER

Book Conflict Deal Fashion Opinion Rude Subject
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
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
You’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
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Appreciation Character Courage Intelligence Moral
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
JOSEPH HELLER

Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
JOSEPH HELLER

Deserve Fun Leadership Work
When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
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Angel Decent Heaven Human Impulse Poeple Saint Tragedy
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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Change Confidence Courage Discovery Dread Fear Lost
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature

Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.

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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.

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