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

Joseph Heller

He was never without misery, and never without hope.
JOSEPH HELLER

Hope Misery
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership Work
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
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
Let’s take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.
JOSEPH HELLER

Drive Live Packet
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
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.
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Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
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
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
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
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
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
JOSEPH HELLER

Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise

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

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