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I'm the boogeyman used to scare South Central kids when they tell ghost stories.


Jerry Heller

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JOSEPH HELLER Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornicatio...
JOSEPH HELLER There might not be a measure of happiness left in a life, but there could be beauty and grace and en...
PETER HELLER There is no disappointment so numbing...as someone no better than you achieving more.
JOSEPH HELLER Like hell he was," said the first C.I.D. man. "I'm the C.I.D. man arround here."
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JOSEPH HELLER Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
JOSEPH HELLER The difference between management and administration (which is what bureaucrats used to do exclusive...
ROBERT HELLER When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempte...
JOSEPH HELLER Someone once told me that, when your operations are not good, you should not talk strategy," says Iy...
MARTHA HELLER Maybe freedom really is nothing left to lose. You had it once in childhood, when it was okay to clim...
PETER HELLER When I got out of college, I had to make a living, and I started writing for magazines, and it felt ...
PETER HELLER We don't have anything in common. We just complement each other. You don't have to do everything tog...
EVA HELLER When I've had hard times in my life, the one thing about being in TV is that it's positive. ...
BRUNO HELLER I think this election will reflect on Schwarzenegger's standing with California voters. The initiati...
DOUGLAS HELLER This decrease will mark the beginning of an essential expansion of coverage in the state.
DOUGLAS HELLER For years, the poor, poor people of Los Angeles county were between a rock and a hard place of havin...
DOUGLAS HELLER Everyone of us will pay lower insurance rates because when more people buy into the system, the rate...
DOUGLAS HELLER It has been a delight to work with both of these dedicated volunteers. Their service has been very v...
DON HELLER The whole property tax discussion is about reform ... moving the property tax system to an income ta...
DON HELLER I'm convinced you can get great quality of education at a huge variety of schools. And that's coming...
DON HELLER Does spending more per student lead to increased learning? That's a difficult one. At many schools, ...
DON HELLER You'll see that the difference between what the school pays and tuition can vary dramatically.
DON HELLER Federal law is supreme, and the state proposition, notwithstanding, is meaningless.
DON HELLER It's very clear to us that gas prices need to be regulated. We really need to step back and recogniz...
DOUG HELLER