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From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
Joseph Heller
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Joseph Heller
Age: 76 †
Born: 1923
Born: May 1
Died: 1999
Died: December 10
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Hasn't it ever occurred to you that in your promiscuous pursuit of women you are merely trying to assuage your subconscious fears of sexual impotence? Yes, sir, it has. Then why do you do it? To assuage my fears of sexual impotence.
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I could not write about a subject sacred to me because I would be too flippant. Fortunately, there are no subjects sacred to me.
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History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind. Surely, Watt with his steam engine, Faraday with his electric motor, and Edison with his incandescent light bulb did not have it as their goal to contribute to a fuel shortage some day that would place their countries at the mercy of Arab oil.
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For war there is always enough. It's peace that's expensive.
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Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
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I don't believe in miracles because it's been a long time since we've had any.
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Now you've given them hope, and they're unhappy. So the blame is all yours.
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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
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The promises of maniacs, like those of women, are not safely relied upon.
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A man's head is his castle.
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And anything worth dying for
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Everybody is as unstable as water.
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In short, Clevinger was one of those people with lots of intelligence and no brains, and everyone knew it except those who soon found it out.
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I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.
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