Joseph Heller Quotes
¨ Oh, I´m not complaining. I know there´s a war on. I know a lot of people are going to have to suffer for us to win it. But why must I be one of them?¨
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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I don't want to play games with anybody, to our fans, to Pierre Lacroix, or any other NHL team that might have interest in me.
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I don't think you can beat your audience over the head with hard-hitting cartoons day after day after day.
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Parents do bear some of the responsibility if they don't talk to their kids, are never around, even deny their kids the love that young girls often crave when they decide to have a baby.
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I believe Saudi Arabia is the only Muslim country in which churches are prohibited.
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As for the apostolic epistles, what person who is skilled in literary interpretation would think them to be plain and easily understood, when even in them there are thousands of passages that provide, as it through a window, a narrow opening leading to multitudes of the deepest thoughts?
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The landscape of any farm is the owner's portrait of himself.
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I say to people that Los Angeles is a city of America's hope and its promise. It's a city where we come from every corner of the Earth here to make the American dream happen.
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The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day.
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Everyone knows deep in their hearts that the drums are the coolest instrument, and that a band is only as good as its drummer. So I'm all for drum solos. I'm all for drummers hamming it up. I'm all for drummers standing up and kicking over the kit.
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Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end.
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Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make.
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The important thing is to write when your brain is at its best. Work edits or do outside reading with the rest of the day.
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Companies that support sports developmental programs in our communities should also be applauded.
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I never felt more loved than when I was with Elvis.
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I'm really bad at taking compliments, but whenever I get them, I tell myself, 'Way to go, girl' and move on.
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We define ourselves, in part, by the discriminations we make. The value of what we love is enriched by our understanding of what we dislike.
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Humans are just barely intelligent tool users; Darwinian evolutionary selection stopped when language and tool use converged, leaving the average hairy meme carrier sadly deficient in smarts.
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I can mix and match a cute shirt with some skinny jeans under a leather jacket and it looks fun and unique.
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It's been unsettling to discover that every form of narrative, even one that purports to tell the truth, is a kind of lying.
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Cowards fear to die; but courage stout,Rather than live in snuff, will be put out.
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¨ Oh, I´m not complaining. I know there´s a war on. I know a lot of people are going to have to suffer for us to win it. But why must I be one of them?¨
