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I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

Joseph Heller

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Joseph Heller
Age: 76 †
Born: 1923
Born: May 1
Died: 1999
Died: December 10
Autobiographer
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
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Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
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