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

Joseph Heller

The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Enemy Kill War
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
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
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
It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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Dead Difference War Win
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
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
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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Imagination Mercy Process Understand
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
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
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
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
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
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
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
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
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
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work

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