Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
JOSEPH HELLERProstitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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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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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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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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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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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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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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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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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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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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