Joseph Heller Quotes
The frog is almost five hundred million years old. Could you really say with much certainty that America, with all its strength and prosperity, with its fighting man that is second to none, and with its standard of living that is highest in the world, will last as long as...the frog?
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
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I think I happened to work with sort of a bunch of slightly difficult male directors when I was a kid. I've since worked with lots of male directors that I love, so I no longer see the distinction gender-wise.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years before I began to write them down. Does that count as inspiration? For me, characters tend to show up, stay on to help with the work of writing their stories, and then occasionally deign to visit after a book is finished.
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I wasn't a great debater.
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They hate whom they fear.
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
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I do stupid stuff like that: I'll call my wife from the road, send her pictures of glaciers.
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He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.
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There is a sense of purity in theatre which always attracts me. Deep down, I feel I am more of an artist than a commodity, which Bollywood turns you into. I want to strike a balance.
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The corporations are shoving just the worst music down everybody's throats, and I think the result of that is that nobody has any taste. They have no bar as to what is good.
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A philosopher is someone who says, 'We know it's possible in practice; we're trying to work out if it's possible in principle!'
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'You like music, Mr. Gurgeh?' Hamin asked, leaning over to the man. Gurgeh nodded. 'Well, a little does no harm.'
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Everywhere I am folded, there I am a lie.
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What's it to you if I love you?
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Gentlemen, you may soon have the alternative to live as slaves or die as free men
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Long before physics or psychology were born, pain disintegrated matter, and affliction the soul.
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The American is said to become full-flavored, and in time a most all-round man, through the polish which Europe can impart.
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The frog is almost five hundred million years old. Could you really say with much certainty that America, with all its strength and prosperity, with its fighting man that is second to none, and with its standard of living that is highest in the world, will last as long as...the frog?
