"The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them."

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Source : Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.373, Simon and Schuster

Joseph Heller

#Country Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Rights Quotes

“I have to play every day in order to keep absolute control over my form.”
“Perhaps the most majestic feature of our whole existence is that while our intelligences are powerful enough to penetrate deeply into the evolution of this quite incredible Universe, we still have not the smallest clue to our own fate.”
“A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity.”
“Early in my career when we went to golf tournaments and charity dinners I noticed businessmen and executives would give the players their cards. Well, they're giving you their cards for a reason. I said to my wife, 'All the guys get these cards and then when they get to the parking lot they rip them up or throw them away. It's really weird.' My wife .. said maybe you should just sign a picture and mail it to them. You know, 'Great playing golf with you,' or whatever. So, I did and lo and behold some of those guys I sent pictures to way back then are now CEOs at big companies.”
“Now is now. Here is my treasure.”
“The chess master says nothing, other than moving the silient chess piece.”
“Business is all about focus. But with focus comes myopia and to conquer that, I come in to shake things up. To be invited as a keynote speaker is to have a license to interfere and interrupt.”
“All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.”

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