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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

Joseph Heller

From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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
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
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Hope Misery
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
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
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
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
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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

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