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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.

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.
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Angel Decent Heaven Human Impulse Poeple Saint Tragedy
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
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
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
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
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
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
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
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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Broken Heart Miracle Time
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
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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Adjective Adverb Death Declare Hands
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
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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Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
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
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.
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Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
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
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching

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