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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.

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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Angel Decent Heaven Human Impulse Poeple Saint Tragedy
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
JOSEPH HELLER

Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
The laws of nature are only as immutable as the minds which promote them. Ignorance of the law is 9/10ths of the law. Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.
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Ignorance Law Mind Nature Paranoid Promote
I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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Ideas Life Novel Writing
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.
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Ashame Failure Trick
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
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
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work

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