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Death Quotes

"My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors."

"My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors."

James Woods, American Actor

Death, Attitude, Favors, Hollywood

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"So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I found that he knew my father well, and remembered his tragic death in Salt Creek Valley."

"So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I found that he knew my father well, and remembered his tragic death in Salt Creek Valley."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

Death, Father, Friends, Questions

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"I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!"

"I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!"

Kirk Hammett, American Musician

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"We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death."

"We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death."

Angela Davis, American Activist

Death, Freedom, Road

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"Death just shouldn't be a taxable event."

"Death just shouldn't be a taxable event."

Dennis Hastert, American Politician

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"NC-17 means that you get it in like 3 theaters. They won't run the spots on MTV, won't run the advertising. It's the kiss of death so there was really no other choice."

"NC-17 means that you get it in like 3 theaters. They won't run the spots on MTV, won't run the advertising. It's the kiss of death so there was really no other choice."

Rob Zombie, American Musician

Death, Kiss, Advertising, Choice

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"Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death."

"Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death."

Jackie Kennedy, American First Lady

Death, Marriage, People, Emotions

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"Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death."

"Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death."

Frederick Buechner, American Clergyman

Death, Health, Life, Heart

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"Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks."

"Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks."

Eric Sevareid, American Journalist

Death, Being, Network

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"My mom was a Democrat and I was scared to death that she was gonna blow it. First I was going to hell with Monroe, and now to Republican hell with Nixon."

"My mom was a Democrat and I was scared to death that she was gonna blow it. First I was going to hell with Monroe, and now to Republican hell with Nixon."

Tommy Rettig, American Actor

Death, Mom, First, Hell

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"Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash."

"Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash."

Cecil Beaton, English Photographer

Death, Fear, Belief, Control

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"A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow."

"A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Death, Idea, Man, Right

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"We have 62 counties in New York State and each has its own system of death investigation."

"We have 62 counties in New York State and each has its own system of death investigation."

Michael Baden, American Celebrity

Death, Investigation, State

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"I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not recall any death that affected me quite so much as that of this first victim in my platoon."

"I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not recall any death that affected me quite so much as that of this first victim in my platoon."

Fritz Kreisler, Austrian Composer

Death, Men, First, Suffering

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"He didn't mind Drake so much. Drake was a creep.It was the girl who made Orc want to cry.She was a monster. Like Orc. Begging for death. Begging for someone to let her go to her Jesus.Kill me, kill me, kill me, she begged every day and every night.Orc took a deep swig.Tears seeped from his human eyes and fell into the rocky crevices of his face."

"He didn't mind Drake so much. Drake was a creep.It was the girl who made Orc want to cry.She was a monster. Like Orc. Begging for death. Begging for someone to let her go to her Jesus.Kill me, kill me, kill me, she begged every day and every night.Orc took a deep swig.Tears seeped from his human eyes and fell into the rocky crevices of his face."

Michael Grant, American Author

Death, Emotion, Humanity, Desperation, Darkness

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"Arsenic sticks around and today it's easily found after death if somebody thinks of looking for it, because the problem with arsenic, it isn't looked for in the common tests for drugs."

"Arsenic sticks around and today it's easily found after death if somebody thinks of looking for it, because the problem with arsenic, it isn't looked for in the common tests for drugs."

Michael Baden, American Celebrity

Death, Drugs, Tests, Today

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"Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever."

"Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever."

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, American Psychologist

Death, Being, Night, Sky

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"I heard death had a name, but I forgot what it was."

"I heard death had a name, but I forgot what it was."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Death, Mystery, Forgetfulness, Life

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"You want a story? Read 'Gone With the Wind'. These aren't stories. They're joke books. The whole thing of a beginning, a middle and an end has been done to death."

"You want a story? Read 'Gone With the Wind'. These aren't stories. They're joke books. The whole thing of a beginning, a middle and an end has been done to death."

Brian P. Cleary, American Author

Death, Beginning, Books, End

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"The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow."

"The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow."

John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman

Death, Present, Sorrow

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"I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that the first draft contained references absolutely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't lived here for several years."

"I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that the first draft contained references absolutely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't lived here for several years."

Poppy Z. Brite, American Author

Death, Draft, First, Years

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"Mausoleum n: the final and funniest folly of the rich."

"Mausoleum n: the final and funniest folly of the rich."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Death, Wealth, Irony, Humor

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"Although I rail against it, death is the dark demarcation beyond which I am at the mercy of my own end. To the contrary, an empty tomb says that my end is at the mercy of God's beginning."

"Although I rail against it, death is the dark demarcation beyond which I am at the mercy of my own end. To the contrary, an empty tomb says that my end is at the mercy of God's beginning."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Death, Faith, Life, Hope

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"That death was near, I suppose I believed, but I saw it only as a rest after the day's work."

"That death was near, I suppose I believed, but I saw it only as a rest after the day's work."

Knute Nelson, American Politician

Death, Work, Day, Rest

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"Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared."

"Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Death, Calamity

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"The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom."

"The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom."

Georg Buchner, German Dramatist

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"This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last end might be like his; and this was the state of his mind when he pronounced these words."

"This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last end might be like his; and this was the state of his mind when he pronounced these words."

Joseph Butler, English Clergyman

Death, End, Man, Mind

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"I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs."

"I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs."

Sonny Rollins, American Musician

Death, Work, Being, Drinking

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"Almost every time I am in a lectureship on a college campus, young people will say, If there is a God and if he is a loving and merciful God, how do you explain the problems of suffering and death and all the tragedies that happen to people?"

"Almost every time I am in a lectureship on a college campus, young people will say, If there is a God and if he is a loving and merciful God, how do you explain the problems of suffering and death and all the tragedies that happen to people?"

John Clayton, American Journalist

Death, Time, God, People

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"They fail to recognize the broad biological principle that organic material is constantly being recycled. Everything has a time of being - a birth, a life span, and a death."

"They fail to recognize the broad biological principle that organic material is constantly being recycled. Everything has a time of being - a birth, a life span, and a death."

Dixie Lee Ray, American Politician

Death, Life, Time, Being

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"Death is better than slavery."

"Death is better than slavery."

Harriet Ann Jacobs, American Writer

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"Only in Washington would death be considered a taxable event."

"Only in Washington would death be considered a taxable event."

Mike Ferguson, American Politician

Death, Washington

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"For me, its like go ahead and eat. Live your life. I mean, I've just seen so much death, you know, as of late, being in my 40s, of people getting sick or, you know, whatever, that I just feel like, you know what? You never know with life. Eat. Enjoy yourself. Just try to be healthy and, you know, and watch it."

"For me, its like go ahead and eat. Live your life. I mean, I've just seen so much death, you know, as of late, being in my 40s, of people getting sick or, you know, whatever, that I just feel like, you know what? You never know with life. Eat. Enjoy yourself. Just try to be healthy and, you know, and watch it."

Debi Mazar, American Actress

Death, Life, People, Being

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"Death is not a word to fear, any more than birth is."

"Death is not a word to fear, any more than birth is."

Oliver Joseph Lodge, English Physicist

Death, Fear, Word

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"Although it hath pleased God to hasten my death by you, by whom my life should rather have been lengthened, yet can I patiently take it, that I yield God more hearty thanks for shortening my woeful days."

"Although it hath pleased God to hasten my death by you, by whom my life should rather have been lengthened, yet can I patiently take it, that I yield God more hearty thanks for shortening my woeful days."

Jane Grey, British Royalty

Death, Life, God, Yield

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"I think that many of my ideas are correct, but I'll bet you, before my death other discoveries will be made that will prompt me to alter various ideas I have about human evolution."

"I think that many of my ideas are correct, but I'll bet you, before my death other discoveries will be made that will prompt me to alter various ideas I have about human evolution."

Donald Johanson, American Scientist

Death, Ideas, Evolution, Will

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"All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life."

"All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

Death, Life, Disease, Expression

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"Long hair is an unpardonable offense which should be punishable by death."

"Long hair is an unpardonable offense which should be punishable by death."

Steven Morrissey, English Musician

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"Sleep - death without dying - living, but not life."

"Sleep - death without dying - living, but not life."

Edwin Arnold, English Poet

Death, Life, Dying, Living

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"One lady wrote me and told me how she wants to see me get beat up and near death and that kind of stuff."

"One lady wrote me and told me how she wants to see me get beat up and near death and that kind of stuff."

George Eads, American Actor

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"For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death."

"For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death."

Nat King Cole, American Musician

Death, People, Musicians, Nothing

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"McVeigh's lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done."

"McVeigh's lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done."

Jon Stewart, American Entertainer

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"If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do."

"If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

Death, Life, Love, People

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"The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment."

"The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment."

Sting, British Musician

Death, Life, Acceptance, Living

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"Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death."

"Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death."

Cat Stevens, British Musician

Death, Law, Writer

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"We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality."

"We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality."

Judy Garland, American Actress

Death, Time, Dreams, Imagination

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"The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up."

"The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up."

Leo Kottke, American Musician

Death, Performance, Interest, Losing

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"All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women."

"All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women."

Germaine Greer, Australian Activist

Death, Society, Women, Man

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"Immortality - a fate worse than death."

"Immortality - a fate worse than death."

Edgar A. Shoaff, American Cartoonist

Death, Fate, Immortality

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"I'm scared to death to fly commercial... I have not flown commercial since 9/11."

"I'm scared to death to fly commercial... I have not flown commercial since 9/11."

Brett Hull, American Athlete

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