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

Joseph Heller

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
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
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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Angel Decent Heaven Human Impulse Poeple Saint Tragedy
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
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
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
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
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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
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 enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Enemy Kill War
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

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