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There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.

Joseph Heller

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’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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Life Negative Responsiblity Run Save
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
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
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
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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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Government Industry Private Togetherness
Let’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
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Drive Live Packet
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
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
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
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
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
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner

There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.

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