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"The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will."
James Thomson
"The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will."
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"Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun."
Hilaire Belloc
"Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun."
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"I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life."
Corazon Aquino
"I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life."
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"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap."
Anthony Hopkins
"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap."
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"My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent."
Alex Campbell
"My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent."
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"Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men."
Herodotus
"Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men."
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"Days will prove that the assassination policy will not finish the Hamas. Hamas leaders wish to be martyrs and are not scared of death. Jihad will continue and the resistance will continue until we have victory, or we will be martyrs."
Ahmed Yassin
"Days will prove that the assassination policy will not finish the Hamas. Hamas leaders wish to be martyrs and are not scared of death. Jihad will continue and the resistance will continue until we have victory, or we will be martyrs."
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"Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis."
Yasser Arafat
"Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis."
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"Death is a displaced name for a linguistic predicament."
Paul de Man
"Death is a displaced name for a linguistic predicament."
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"The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the "I," under another form, continues the task of existence."
Gerard De Nerval
"The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the "I," under another form, continues the task of existence."
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"There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death."
Jessica Hagedorn
"There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death."
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"All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing."
Maurice Maeterlinck
"All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing."
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"If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved."
Khalil Gibran
"If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved."
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"In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death."
Bao Dai
"In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death."
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"Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws, despite what the readers or letters may say."
Jonathan Shapiro
"Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws, despite what the readers or letters may say."
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"I have sworn to only live free. Even if I find bitter the taste of death, I don't want to die humiliated or deceived."
Osama bin Laden
"I have sworn to only live free. Even if I find bitter the taste of death, I don't want to die humiliated or deceived."
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"Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws."
Jim Morrison
"Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws."
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"If we don't know life, how can we know death?"
Confucius
"If we don't know life, how can we know death?"
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"Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity."
Stanislav Grof
"Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity."
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"There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment."
Stanislav Grof
"There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment."
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"The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery."
Bianca Jagger
"The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery."
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"Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time."
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"Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution."
Stanislav Grof
"Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution."
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"Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death."
Friedrich Durrenmatt
"Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death."
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"The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death."
Stanislav Grof
"The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death."
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"Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life."
Dag Hammarskjold
"Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life."
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"If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself."
Martin Heidegger
"If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself."
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"There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened."
Abu Bakr
"There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened."
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"Life without Liberty is far worse than death."
Hamid Karzai
"Life without Liberty is far worse than death."
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"Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway."
John Wayne
"Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway."
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"See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil... I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life."
Jesus Christ
"See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil... I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life."
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"The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people."
Stanislav Grof
"The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people."
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"I'm a farm boy. If we need five people to haul in hay, we don't take one and just work them to death."
Lincoln Davis
"I'm a farm boy. If we need five people to haul in hay, we don't take one and just work them to death."
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"Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death."
Francis Picabia
"Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death."
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"Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic."
W. H. Auden
"Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic."
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"When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home."
Tecumseh
"When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home."
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"It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem."
Wangari Maathai
"It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem."
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"Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown."
Emile M. Cioran
"Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown."
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"Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven."
Confucius
"Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven."
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"The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death."
Emile M. Cioran
"The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death."
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"Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it."
Abu Bakr
"Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it."
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"If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it."
Marcus Valerius Martial
"If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it."
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"Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it."
Haruki Murakami
"Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it."
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"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Evelyn Beatrice Hall
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
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"As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of their suffering, we feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death."
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
"As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of their suffering, we feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death."
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"All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom."
Isabel Allende
"All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom."
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"I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens."
Woody Allen
"I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens."
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"I don't want to hear about my death."
Oriana Fallaci
"I don't want to hear about my death."
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"Take care of your life and the Lord will take care of your death."
George Whitefield
"Take care of your life and the Lord will take care of your death."
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"I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death."
Peter Steele
"I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death."
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