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The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.

Joseph Heller

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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Children Favor Influence Liberation Parents War
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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
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
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Achievement Born Medicore Mediocrity Men Sarcastic Thrust
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
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
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.
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Change Confidence Courage Discovery Dread Fear Lost
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

The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.

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