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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.

Joseph Heller

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
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
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
Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.
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Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
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
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
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
Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.
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Deep Mad Medal Men Reward
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
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
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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Boy Grow Up Little
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

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