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Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.

Joseph Heller

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
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow 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
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
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
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 wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
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
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
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
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
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
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’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
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise

Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.

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