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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.

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.
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Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
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
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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
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
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
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
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
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
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth

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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