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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

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
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
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace 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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
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
While none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
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Deal Greatness Important Work
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
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
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
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
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
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
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

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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