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Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Joseph Heller

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
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
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
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
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
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
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
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
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
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
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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Freedom People Question Want
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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