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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 want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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Dreams Night
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
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
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
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
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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Children Favor Influence Liberation Parents War
They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Agree Education Necessary People Possible Question
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
JOSEPH HELLER

Broken Heart Die Old
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
JOSEPH HELLER

Boy Grow Up Little
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
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
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain

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