He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
JOSEPH HELLERRemember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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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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She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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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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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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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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