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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.

Joseph Heller

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
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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
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
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
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
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
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
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
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
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
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
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
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
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
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
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
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
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
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

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