paranoid

[victor steinbok]

I did find one Hoffman quote on being paranoid (1968):

> When you are involved you don't get paranoid. It's when you sit back and
try to figure out what's going on, or what you should do.

What I actually found is a source that quotes Hoffman's published writing,
so I assume this is OK.

VS-)

On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 10:47 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I am having a moment of doubt--the line is clearly in the movie version of
> Catch-22 (1970):
>
> Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
>
>
> But is it in the book (1961, but written over about 8 years)? Because, if
> it isn't...
>
> Well, just search around--it's credited to everyone from ACLU to Abbie
> Hoffman. One credit I did not find: Joseph Heller.
>
> Oh, and BTW, Rahm Emanuel stole a similar line from Kissinger: Even a
> paranoid (or "paranoids") can have enemies (or "has real enemies").
>
> VS-)
>

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