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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

Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
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
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
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
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
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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
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 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
I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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Dreams Night
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
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
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
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
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
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
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
Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
JOSEPH HELLER

Government Industry Private Togetherness

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