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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.

Joseph Heller

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
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Hope Misery
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
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
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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
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 don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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Imagination Mercy Process Understand
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
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
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

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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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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