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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

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
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
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
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
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
I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
JOSEPH HELLER

Country Crazy Executive Scare
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
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
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
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.
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Angel Decent Heaven Human Impulse Poeple Saint Tragedy

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