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There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that we... - MORE There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind.... Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to.
Joseph Heller
air force | madness
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For women the wage gap sets up an infuriating Catch-22 situation. They do the housework because they earn less, and they earn less... - MORE For women the wage gap sets up an infuriating Catch-22 situation. They do the housework because they earn less, and they earn less because they do the housework.
Sylvia Ann Hewitt
working mothers and at-home mothers | work
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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody. He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.
Joseph Heller
failure
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He had decided to live for ever or die in the attempt. He had decided to live for ever or die in the attempt.
Joseph Heller
immortality | death
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Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry. Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
Joseph Heller
war
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Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more cap... - MORE Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.
Joseph Heller
awards
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People who live together naturally catch the looks and air of one another and without having one feature alike, they contract a so... - MORE People who live together naturally catch the looks and air of one another and without having one feature alike, they contract a something in the whole countenance which strikes one as a resemblance.
Frances Burney
resemblance
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Go, and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root,... - MORE Go, and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root,
Tell me, where all past years are,
Or who cleft the devil's foot,
Teach me to her mermaids singing,
Or to keep off envy's stinging,
And find
What wind
Serves to advance an honest mind.
John Donne
honesty
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As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame; As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;
Gerard Manley Hopkins
color | nature
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I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all.... If they're running and they don't lo... - MORE I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all.... If they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy.
J.D. Salinger
dreams | dreaming
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