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Joseph Heller

When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
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Adjective Adverb Death Declare Hands
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
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
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
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
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
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
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
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
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
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

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