"We truly have an ancient part of the brain that was about survival when we were prey but we seem to have gone past prey. We eat everything and nothing eats us."

Survival, Nothing, Past

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"We truly have an ancient part of the brain that was about survival when we were prey but we seem to have gone past prey. We eat everything and nothing eats us."

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"I daren't come and drink," said Jill. Then you will die of thirst," said the Lion.Oh dear!" said Jill, coming another step nearer."I suppose I must go and look for another stream then."There is no other stream," said the Lion."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Survival, Death, Choice, Hope

"If you allow coldness to engulf you before winter, season is helpless to help you."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Survival, Winter, Help, Life, Truth

"I am born here among the monsters, if I have to survive I must act like one of them."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Survival, Adaptation, Society, Life

"Just when we stopped wanting to kill ourselves, we started to die."

David Levithan, American Author

Survival, Death, Life, Struggle

"I'm not... I'm not without a heart,' he heard Sophia say, her chin raised, eyes straight ahead. 'I'm not. I just don't have the luxury of being soft. I am trying to survive."

Alexandra Bracken, American Writer

Survival, Strength, Emotion, Independence

"Or perhaps it is because it is so NECESSARY for you to win. It is like a drowning man catching at a straw. You yourself will agree that, unless he were drowning he would not mistake a straw for the trunk of a tree."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

Survival, Needs, Desperation, Hope

"Food in wartime Britain, she had to admit, was hardly inspiring."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

Survival, Food, Inspirational, History, Reality

"You can't kill me. Even if you could, you can't bring yourself to do it. You'll hesitate. Again."

Richelle Mead, American Author

Survival, Fear, Hesitation, Strength

"If a negative viewer looks at you with an ugly fiendish eye, find a way and pluck off his eyes, or better still, protect your good image."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

Survival, Protection, Image, Perception, Power

"I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival."

Iggy Pop, American Musician

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"We truly have an ancient part of the brain that was about survival when we were prey but we seem to have gone past prey. We eat everything and nothing eats us."

Survival, Nothing, Past

"I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me and so when I hit the stage I just sensed freedom. I sensed here's a place that I can have all the experiences of life and not feel uncomfortable about it."

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"When you are making the one you are doing, you think it is the greatest film going. And then you do another one and it is a great film."

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"You have to struggle a bit, hustle a little, and be willing to go bankrupt. Once you're willing to do that, everything opens up and you get the freedom. My joke is that next year, I'll make the first film that costs zero dollars."

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"If you feel you have a film that's valid, you stick your ass on the line."

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