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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.

Joseph Heller

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
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
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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Freedom People Question Want
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
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
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
Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
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Government Industry Private Togetherness
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
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
While none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
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Deal Greatness Important Work
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Achievement Born Medicore Mediocrity Men Sarcastic Thrust
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

Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.

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