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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.

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.
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Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
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
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
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
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 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
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Hope Misery
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
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
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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