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Death Quotes

"If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none."

"If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none."

Mel Brooks, American Comedian

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"Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh."

"Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Death, Mind, Senses, Service

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"It's hard for me to imagine that some people in the CIA who had firsthand knowledge would be unable to recognize that this would be helpful information for a soldier's death."

"It's hard for me to imagine that some people in the CIA who had firsthand knowledge would be unable to recognize that this would be helpful information for a soldier's death."

Christopher Shays, American Politician

Death, People, Knowledge, Information

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"Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death."

"Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death."

Ernestine L. Rose, Polish Feminist

Death, Life, Agitation

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"Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one."

"Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

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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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"As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death."

"As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death."

Paul Simon, American Musician

Death, People, Punishment

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"When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism."

"When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Death, Fear, Compromise, Duty

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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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"She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man nor the state to coerce her into this ordeal, so it is her right to decide whether she will endure it."

"She goes through the vale of death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man nor the state to coerce her into this ordeal, so it is her right to decide whether she will endure it."

Margaret Sanger, American Activist

Death, Time, Man, Right

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"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Death, Fear, Beginning, Man

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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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"The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray."

"The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray."

David Byrne, Scottish Musician

Death, Disease, Glamour, Horror

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"Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is."

"Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is."

Mitt Romney, American Politician

Death, Government, Time, Opportunity

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"Well when I made my first record I thought it would be a good joke to have me on one side, have the lable say John Fahey on one side, and this guy Blind Joe Death on the other side."

"Well when I made my first record I thought it would be a good joke to have me on one side, have the lable say John Fahey on one side, and this guy Blind Joe Death on the other side."

John Fahey, American Musician

Death, Thought, Blind, First

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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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"I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia."

"I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia."

Cher, American Musician

Death, Pet, Being, Paranoia

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"Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and it's such a vamp and, I think it's a death trap."

"Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and it's such a vamp and, I think it's a death trap."

Daniel Berrigan, American Clergyman

Death, Success, Word

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"Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death."

"Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death."

Rupert Holmes, English Composer

Death, Life, Success, Failure

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"I was in two episodes playing Christopher Reeve's character's emissary. They wanted to have my character announce Dr Swan's death, which I thought was exploitative."

"I was in two episodes playing Christopher Reeve's character's emissary. They wanted to have my character announce Dr Swan's death, which I thought was exploitative."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

Death, Thought, Character

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"Nothing can happen more beautiful than death."

"Nothing can happen more beautiful than death."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death."

"To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

Death, Country, Fate

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"My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery."

"My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery."

Brooke Shields, American Actress

Death, Father, Pain, Sadness

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"The death of what's dead is the birth of what's living."

"The death of what's dead is the birth of what's living."

Arlo Guthrie, American Musician

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"Debate is the death of conversation."

"Debate is the death of conversation."

Kitty O'Neill Collins, American Stuntwoman

Death, Conversation, Debate

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"My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning."

"My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning."

Huey Newton, American Activist

Death, Fear, Meaning

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"Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death."

"Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death."

Annie Lennox, Scottish Musician

Death, Dying, Living

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"For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that."

"For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion."

"Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion."

Arthur Koestler, Hungarian Novelist

Death, Illusion, Nothing

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"Therefore, don't let sinners take courage to think they will be favoured like the thief on the cross; for we see on the other side, they may be like the hardened one, and reproach death itself."

"Therefore, don't let sinners take courage to think they will be favoured like the thief on the cross; for we see on the other side, they may be like the hardened one, and reproach death itself."

Elias Hicks, American Clergyman

Death, Courage, May, Will

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"It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is to say there is one."

"It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is to say there is one."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

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"The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

"The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Death, Day, Walking

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"When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits."

"When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

Death, Humor, Attention, Being

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"You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!"

"You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!"

Marcus Valerius Martial, Spanish Poet

Death, Life, Fool, Nothing

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"We will persevere, come life or death."

"We will persevere, come life or death."

Lewis Tappan, American Businessman

Death, Life, Will

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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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"Carloads of tourists would photograph the family mailbox, and there was weird mail, death threats."

"Carloads of tourists would photograph the family mailbox, and there was weird mail, death threats."

Henry Thomas, American Actor

Death, Family, Mail, Tourists

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"The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or so people who run this world analyze one another that way and then make decisions of life and death for us. Scary, but true."

"The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or so people who run this world analyze one another that way and then make decisions of life and death for us. Scary, but true."

Hugh Sidey, American Journalist

Death, Life, People, Decisions

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"When we have done our best, we can, as a united people, take whatever may befall with calm courage and confidence that this old nation will survive and if death should come to many of us, death is not the end."

"When we have done our best, we can, as a united people, take whatever may befall with calm courage and confidence that this old nation will survive and if death should come to many of us, death is not the end."

Eamon de Valera, Irish Statesman

Death, People, Courage, Confidence

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"I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches."

"I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches."

Harry Mathews, American Author

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"I was first to break the news about the death of Lady Diana. The CNN team couldn't get into makeup fast enough."

"I was first to break the news about the death of Lady Diana. The CNN team couldn't get into makeup fast enough."

Matt Drudge, American Celebrity

Death, First, Lady, Makeup

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"Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death."

"Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death."

Peter DeFazio, American Politician

Death, Men, War, Women

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"I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on."

"I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on."

Louise Erdrich, American Writer

Death, Talking, Word

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"He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel."

"He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel."

Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish Journalist

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"The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic."

"The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic."

Ben Vereen, American Actor

Death, Daughter, Nothing, Talk

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"A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever."

"A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever."

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

Death, Men, Deeds, Justice

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"Death is the final wake-up call."

"Death is the final wake-up call."

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

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"Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present."

"Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

Death, Experience, Life, Eternity

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"Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil."

"Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil."

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American Writer

Death, Imagination, Life, Evil

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"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Death, Day, Walking

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