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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

Joseph Heller

While none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
JOSEPH HELLER

Deal Greatness Important Work
Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
JOSEPH HELLER

Adjective Adverb Death Declare Hands
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
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
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
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
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Change Confidence Courage Discovery Dread Fear Lost
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
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
JOSEPH HELLER

Boy Grow Up Little
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
JOSEPH HELLER

Country Crazy Executive Scare
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Ashame Failure Trick

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

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