There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.

Joseph Heller

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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
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
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
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.
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Change Confidence Courage Discovery Dread Fear Lost
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
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
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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Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
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
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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
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
You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.
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Ashame Failure Trick
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
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
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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Ideas Life Novel Writing
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
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret

There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.

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