Joseph Heller Quotes
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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If you don't ponder the end of the world on a regular basis, I don't think you're really human.
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It's hard to say, 'I don't believe in God.' I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe.
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I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.
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The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right amount of time and attention in the problem so you solve it.
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Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.
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At some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don't like that.
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I never want to hurt anyone on the ice. That's not the type of player I am.
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Sometimes, the most daunting thing about performing is making eye contact with your audience, so just look above them and at the corners of the room. Soon, you'll totally forget they're there.
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind. … those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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Il est dans la nature humaine de penser sagement et d'agir d'une façon absurde.
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I don't mind having people over, but it's weird how much more withdrawn I've become than being social in public places, I guess.
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Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.
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My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics.
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You know, people aren't watching a network: they're watching cable channels.
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Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections are not held in these circumstances anywhere in the world.
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You have delivered up our holy German Fatherland to one of the greatest demagogues of all time. I solemnly prophesy that this accursed man will cast our Reich into the abyss and bring our nation to inconceivable misery. Future generations will damn you in your grave for what you have done.
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At home, my mom and my dad shared equally in the responsibilities of the family and our home and always demonstrated the importance of men and women having an equal role.
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My father didn't want to ski alone, so he took me up to the mountains in order to basically bribe my mom to come with him.
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Getting old is horrible, but it is interesting . . . one of the things I've realized is that growing old is compulsory, but growing up is optional.
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All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars.
