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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

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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Acceptance Bad Luck Destiny Injustice
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
But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
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Children Favor Influence Liberation Parents War
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
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
Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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Civilization Earth End Peace
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
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’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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Life Negative Responsiblity Run Save
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
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Job Principle Quit Regret
From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
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
It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
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Dead Difference War Win
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
I wouldn’t want to live without strong misgivings.
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Freedom Live Strong
He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Except Literature
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
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Die Inspirational Live Positive Worth
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
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.
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Deserve Fun Leadership 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
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.
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Epitome She Smile Sorrow Time
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody
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Lack Self Made Success
He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.
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Attempt Die Forever Live Man
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
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain

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

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