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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

I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
JOSEPH HELLER

Ideas Life Novel Writing
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
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
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
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
The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Enemy Kill War
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
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Hope Misery
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
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
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
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
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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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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