Joseph Heller Quotes
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Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
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I've never so appreciated what actors do and how strange it is.
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A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
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I don't mind playing my music live. It's fun. But what my real passion is is writing music.
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My budget is similar to the Penny Plan, which cuts 1 percent a year for five or six years and balances the budget.
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I really love people. I love to meet people. I'm curious about people.
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I always carry a Tom Ford lipstick and Tachta face blotters to get me through the day.
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Having an animal that you fix, knowing that you saved its life or you saved a pet - Like on a dog, these little kids will come, and their dog is just ready to die, and you do something, and they leave happy. The kids are happy, and the little puppy is licking your hand. Those are kind of neat feelings.
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There's thieves among us Painting the wallsAll kinds of lies, and liesI never told it all
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In England a man is presoomed to be innocent till he's proved guilty an' they take it f 'r granted he's guilty. In this counthry a man is presoomed to be guilty ontil he's proved guilty an' afther that he's presoomed to be innocent.
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There is a wisdom of the Head, and … there is a wisdom of the Heart.
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I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.
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If it had been what was supposed to happen, it would have happened.
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I'm in the middle of my sixth book, which is about animals at the Los Angeles Zoo.
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I think I was probably always a liar; I just get paid for it now.
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The truth is the middle class is not only stagnant but it is my fear that, without sustained and focused action, it is at risk of disappearing.
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I still have drive, but everything is relative.
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Assuming I survive our hunt for the Horcruxes, I’ll find Mum and Dad and lift the enchantment. If I don’t – well, I think I’ve cast a good enough charm to keep them safe and happy. Wendell and Monica Wilkins don’t know that they’ve got a daughter, you see.
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The clearer you are about the consequences of your actions and the more intensely you desire to enjoy the consequences that your behaviors may lead to, the more motivated you will be.
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You must find the ideas that have some promise in them... It is not enough to just have ideas.
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I may have had a crush on Zac, but we are like brother and sister, so nothing would ever happen.
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The promises of maniacs, like those of women, are not safely relied upon.
