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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.

Joseph Heller

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
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
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
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
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
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
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
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
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
Let’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
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Drive Live Packet
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

When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.

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