Joseph Heller Quotes
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All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
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I think people appreciate honesty.
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I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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Everybody just told me from the day I went into high school that I looked like Carol Burnett.
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Money scares me, and it always has done. I've got a childish concept of money, and I like to keep it that way in the sense that I don't like to think about it.
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I've been singing since I was 8 years old and working in clubs since I was 14. I've been working full time since I was 16.
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Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode.
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One of the great debates about the Internet is whether it is making people more or less free.
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The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route.
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There's a big difference between industrializing production of tractors and industrializing production of food. We like technology, but we really like technology that allows us to do better what nature does itself.
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To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.
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In the most self-protective of ways, I don't think about the reader when I'm writing - I just think about the story.
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Koons's work has always stood apart for its one-at-a-time perfection, epic theatricality, a corrupted, almost sick drive for purification, and an obsession with traditional artistic values.
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The Indian race are waiting and praying.
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Keep the problems of clients and prospects confidential. Divulge information only with their consent.
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To me, the idea of heaven would give you certain pleasures, certain joys - but it's very important to have an intellectual understanding of why you want those things.
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Those who have happy homes seldom turn out badly.
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Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret.
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A water route to Chinese trade replacing the long, arduous Silk Road was a great dream of the Renaissance.
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We think of the Marine Corps as a military outfit, and of course it is, but for me, the U.S. Marine Corps was a four-year crash course in character education. It taught me how to make a bed, how to do laundry, how to wake up early, how to manage my finances. These are things my community didn't teach me.
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I don't believe in playing just one sport. I believe it results in burnout, and each sport trains your body in a different way.
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I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.
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Let someone else get killed!
