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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

Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
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
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
Where were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.
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Born Innocence
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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Dead Difference War Win
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
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
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
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
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
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
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

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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