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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.

Joseph Heller

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
There is no disappointment so numbing as someone no better than you achieving more.
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Achievement Disappointment Numb
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
The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
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Depression Insane Man Society
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
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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Ashame Failure Trick
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
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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Deal Greatness Important Work
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
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
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive.
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Enough Expensive Peace War
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 don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.
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Imagination Mercy Process Understand
Be glad you’re even alive. Be furious you’re going to die.
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Alive Death Die Furious Life
Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.
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Acceptance Mankind Resilence Tomorrow

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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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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