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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.

Joseph Heller

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
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
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
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
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
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
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
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
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
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
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
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
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
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
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
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
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
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

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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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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