I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
JOSEPH HELLERRemember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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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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Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
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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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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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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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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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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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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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