Joseph Heller Quotes
I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals.
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I'm not a Republican.
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I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay.
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Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.
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I just love the hours of the theatre, I love the way it operates. I always say that when you're doing a play it's like getting a shot of B12, and when you do television for a long series you need a shot of B12.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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My wife and I have very deep roots in Colorado, and we can't see ourselves living anywhere else.
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I'll kind of get interested in a subject and I won't know why. It'll be in my head for many years and I'll say, 'Do I know enough here to research?'
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I've been into horses as far back as I can remember. There is a particular kind here in America called the 'quarter horse' that I'm very interested in.
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
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I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine.
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It looks like it's been furnished by discount stores.
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I used to a lot. I used to go dancing.
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I wanted to tell a romantic and dark side of Ottoman history that was also slightly political, saying to the previous generation of writers, 'Look, I'm interested in Ottoman things, and I'm not afraid of it, and I'm doing something creative.'
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I love to be surprised.
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Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn't right... wealth isn't the same thing as intelligence.
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I'm not afraid to admit that I'm a relatively slow reader.
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War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum.
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For a startling period of my life, I reported the Troubles in Ireland for the BBC. I lived in Dublin and was called out to all sorts of incidents that, if taken together, add up to a war - bombings, assassinations, riots, shootings, robberies, jailbreaks, kidnappings, and sieges.
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'Where do you get those superior airs of yours?' 'I've managed to survive, you see, all those nights when I wondered: am I going to kill myself at dawn?'
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I'm trying to write stories that are interesting and enjoyable.
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I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals.
