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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody

Joseph Heller

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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
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
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
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
Where were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.
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Born Innocence
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
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
I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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Ideas Life Novel Writing
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
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
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
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
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
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

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody

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