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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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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It's not palm trees and neon signs in Florida; it's strip malls, highways, hot sun beating down on you.
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Top Model' is pretty good, because it gives these girls an opportunity to chase their passion and possibly get a contract.
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The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.
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I'm from Boston, and I get easily overwhelmed in New York, so I go to Boston and stay with my parents for a few months at a time to write, or edit, or just to cry.
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If someone comes up to me, 90 percent of the time it's about Office Space.
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Coach Graham use to ride me hard . . . 'you're doing it all wrong! Go back! Do it again!' An assistant coach muttered that it was a good thing Coach Graham rode me hard, because 'when you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.'
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He was sick with lust and mesmerized with regret
