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

Joseph Heller

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.
JOSEPH HELLER

Ashame Failure Trick
They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Agree Education Necessary People Possible Question
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
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
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
JOSEPH HELLER

Achievement Disappointment Numb
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
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
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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Mad Paranoid
You’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
JOSEPH HELLER

Appreciation Character Courage Intelligence Moral
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
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
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 grow up I want to be a little boy.
JOSEPH HELLER

Boy Grow Up Little
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward

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

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