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

Joseph Heller

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Achievement Born Medicore Mediocrity Men Sarcastic Thrust
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
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
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
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
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
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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Adjective Adverb Death Declare Hands
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
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
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.
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Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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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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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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