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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.

Joseph Heller

Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
He was never without misery, and never without hope.
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Hope Misery
I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
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Dreams Night
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
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
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
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
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
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
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
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
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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice

History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.

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