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I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.

Joseph Heller

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
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.
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Appreciation Character Courage Intelligence Moral
Prostitution gives her an opportunity to meet people. It provides fresh air and wholesome exercise, and it keeps her out of trouble.
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Air Exercise Fresh Meet Opportunity People Prostitution Trouble
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
The laws of nature are only as immutable as the minds which promote them. Ignorance of the law is 9/10ths of the law. Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.
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Ignorance Law Mind Nature Paranoid Promote
When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.
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Disagree Objective Urge
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind.
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Bag Coincidence History Open Random Trash Wind
What do you do when it rains?” The captain answered frankly. “I get wet.
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Rain Wet
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
JOSEPH HELLER

Government Industry Private Togetherness
I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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Ideas Life Novel Writing
In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.
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Accident Failure Predict
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
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man

I don’t understand the process of imagination-though I know that I am very much at its mercy.

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