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""What would they do to me," he asked in confidential tones, "if I refused to fly them?" "We'd probably shoot you," ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen replied. "We?" Yossarian cried in surprise. "What do you mean, we? Since when are you on their side?" "If you're going to be shot, whose side do you expect me to be on?" ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen retorted."
"I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground."
"I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can."
"When in doubt, lean to the side of # mercy ."
"Reserved as he [Confucius] was about the supernatural, he was not without it; somewhere in the universe there was a power that was on the side of right."
"By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes."
"The only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security. ... Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine's. The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements."
"I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible."
"Love is an act of faith, not an exchange. Contradictions are what make love grow. Conflicts are what allow love to remain by our side."
"There's a Harvard man on the wrong side of every question."
"Don't pray that God's on our side, pray that we're on his side."
"You can't take sides against anything. If you would just be one who is for things, you would live happily ever after. If you could just leave the "against" part out."
"Fence straddlers have no balls. In compensation, however, they enjoy a comfortable seat and can retreat swiftly, when danger threatens, to either side of the fence. There is something to be said for every position."
"It's not the side-effects of the cocaine - I'm thinking that it must be love. It's too late to be grateful, It's too late to be hateful, It's too late to be late again, The European cannon is here."
"The truth of Moore's law has made remarkable things possible. On the software side, I think natural user interfaces in all their forms are equally significant."
"Morality is a code of black and white. When and if men attempt a compromise, it is obvious which side will necessarily lose and which will necessarily profit."
"Truly thou art damned, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side."
"The Battle of Koom Valley is the only one known to history where both sides ambushed each other."
"People are so conditioned to take sides that a balanced analysis looks to them like hatred."
"Let a man proclaim a new principle. Public sentiment will surely be on the other side."
