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Joseph Heller

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
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
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
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
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
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
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
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Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
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
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
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
You’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
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Appreciation Character Courage Intelligence Moral
It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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Dead Difference War Win
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Hope Misery
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
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
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
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
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

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