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I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.

Joseph Heller

There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
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
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
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
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
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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
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
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
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
When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.
JOSEPH HELLER

Angel Decent Heaven Human Impulse Poeple Saint Tragedy
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
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
JOSEPH HELLER

Depression Insane Man Society

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