Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
JOSEPH HELLERPeace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.
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Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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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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He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Insanity is contagious.
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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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Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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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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There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.
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