Joseph Heller Quotes
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground - and to get everybody on the same page - was accomplished by the sheer force of Dave Petraeus' will.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
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So, I think that Marilyn, what she gave the world, and in many ways Kennedy too, was that they had dreams and they didn't allow anybody to take away their dreams.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.
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To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
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How do we teach a child - our own, or those in a classroom - to have compassion: to allow people to be different; to understand that like is not equal; to experiment; to laugh; to love; to accept the fact that the most important questions a human being can ask do not have - or need - answers.
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When they have really learned to love their neighbours as themselves, they will be allowed to love themselves as their neighbours.
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I adore Madrid. It's my city. If I ever move, it will only be for work. Whenever I travel, I always want to get back home.
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People who take risks like Amy Winehouse and Norah Jones take a second to catch on, but eventually they do because they're different and honest in a musical landscape that's not always like that.
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My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do.
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The destination is a happy life, an accomplished life that doesn't end with death but with eternal life.
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I was already in my early twenties, but I looked much younger because I was fresh-faced and, well, short. So I did songs such as 'Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah' and jokes such as describing current events as 'ancient history.' Boy, did the audience roar at that one.
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And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
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I paint as a way of looking for myself in the world.
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I'm like an actor who obnoxiously says he doesn't watch his own TV show. It is extremely rare for me to read my own comics and have asked publishers to please stop sending them to me.
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There's certain things that people hold as truth but that are not always necessarily true.
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My writing partner, Nicki, and I became obsessed with a monologist who performs unscripted shows equipped with nothing more than scribbled bullet points and a glass of water. We wrote him a fan letter and found ourselves sharing lunch and eventually a friendship.
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The American people do not want ambassadorships or any other position handed out to save a party money.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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If someone comes up to me, 90 percent of the time it's about Office Space.
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He was sick with lust and mesmerized with regret
