Joseph Heller Quotes
From now on I'm thinking only of me." Major Danby replied indulgently with a superior smile: "But, Yossarian, suppose everyone felt that way." "Then," said Yossarian, "I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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My cares come from a very selfish place 'cause in reality I'm young, and I haven't had the experience to be mature yet.
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My youth held little forecast of a career in biomedical research. I was born on February 22, 1936, in York, Pennsylvania, and spent my childhood in a rural area on the west bank of the Susquehanna River.
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You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.
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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
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I like to think of myself as classy.
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China and Russia are regarded as the most formidable cyber threats.
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I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.
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A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth.
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Mother Nature made me the way I am, and I should be happy.
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Living in a small Italian hilltown, and having lived in a small town in south Georgia, I understand that you can recognize a family gene pool by the lift of an eyebrow, or the length of a neck, or a way of walking.
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I have always marched to my own beat, and most frequently, it was inconsistent not only with my own immediate family, but with my culture as well.
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I've always been someone who some people like and some people don't like.
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All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making young men law-abiding and giving them a sense of purpose and self-worth.
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You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.
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If, when I leave this earth, I'm remembered for 'Fargo,' so be it. But I think old Marge Gunderson is gonna get a run for her money with Olive Kittredge.
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We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion.
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My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.
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And an ocean can swallow you, even when you can swim.
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Do not lounge in the cities! There is room & health in the country, away from the crowds of idlers & imbeciles. Go west, before you are fitted for no life but that of the factory.
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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It has been said that an engineer is a man who can do for ten shillings what any fool can do for a pound; if that be so, we were certainly engineers.
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From now on I'm thinking only of me." Major Danby replied indulgently with a superior smile: "But, Yossarian, suppose everyone felt that way." "Then," said Yossarian, "I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?
