Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
JOSEPH HELLERJust because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
More Joseph Heller Quotes
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He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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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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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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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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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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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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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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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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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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Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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While none of the work we do is very important, it is important that we do a great deal of it.
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Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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