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

Joseph Heller

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
I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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Imagination Mercy Process Understand
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
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
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
The laws of nature are only as immutable as the minds which promote them. Ignorance of the law is 9/10ths of the law. Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.
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Ignorance Law Mind Nature Paranoid Promote
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
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
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
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
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
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace

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