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I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.

Joseph Heller

All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.
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Book Conflict Deal Fashion Opinion Rude Subject
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
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
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
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
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
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
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Country Dare Exercise Freedom Independence Traditonal
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
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

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