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"To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten."
Emile M. Cioran
"To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten."
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"Patients reported that their psychedelic sessions were an invaluable experiential training for dying."
Stanislav Grof
"Patients reported that their psychedelic sessions were an invaluable experiential training for dying."
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"You could hear him, literally, half a mile away when he opened up. He was at his peak then. He was, naturally, dying to get out of the place he was in, and he recorded for us his appeal for pardon to the governor."
Alan Lomax
"You could hear him, literally, half a mile away when he opened up. He was at his peak then. He was, naturally, dying to get out of the place he was in, and he recorded for us his appeal for pardon to the governor."
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"Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for 'Tis the only thing in this world that lasts, 'Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for - worth dying for."
Margaret Mitchell
"Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for 'Tis the only thing in this world that lasts, 'Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for - worth dying for."
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"I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another."
Richard Pryor
"I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another."
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"Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else."
Morrie Schwartz
"Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else."
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"So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple."
Damien Hirst
"So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple."
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"My uncle's dying wish - he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair."
Rodney Dangerfield
"My uncle's dying wish - he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair."
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"The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell."
John W. Foster
"The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell."
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"Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings."
Robert Burns
"Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings."
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"There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for."
Tom Robbins
"There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for."
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"Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth."
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
"Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth."
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"She had been dying so long that I had almost come to regard her as immortal."
Thomas Nelson Page
"She had been dying so long that I had almost come to regard her as immortal."
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"Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy."
Henri Frederic Amiel
"Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy."
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"If I was still at school, I'd be looking at Britney Spears and dying to be her."
Sheena Easton
"If I was still at school, I'd be looking at Britney Spears and dying to be her."
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"Live as you will wish to have lived when you are dying."
Christian Furchtegott Gellert
"Live as you will wish to have lived when you are dying."
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"I don't want to say, 'This is where Im going to be in five years and Im going to get there no matter what.' I want to leave it open. I'm not a desperate actress dying to star in a B movie in a bikini."
Brooke Burke
"I don't want to say, 'This is where Im going to be in five years and Im going to get there no matter what.' I want to leave it open. I'm not a desperate actress dying to star in a B movie in a bikini."
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"Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition."
Nicholas D. Kristof
"Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition."
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"I'm dying to get back in front of the cameras. I miss it like crazy."
Holly Valance
"I'm dying to get back in front of the cameras. I miss it like crazy."
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"He that lives to live forever, never fears dying."
William Penn
"He that lives to live forever, never fears dying."
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"Fashion is entertainment. That's why these top models are so fascinating to kids. They're dying to know about Naomi and Christy, or whoever we've declared the new one this afternoon."
Carrie Donovan
"Fashion is entertainment. That's why these top models are so fascinating to kids. They're dying to know about Naomi and Christy, or whoever we've declared the new one this afternoon."
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"I'm dying always."
Jessye Norman
"I'm dying always."
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"So not only can you not imagine dying, you can't really imagine existence before you were born."
David Cronenberg
"So not only can you not imagine dying, you can't really imagine existence before you were born."
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"Dying is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down."
Woody Allen
"Dying is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down."
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"I don't mind dying if I have to, but I'm damned if I want to pay for the guarantee. I'm sorry."
Michael Landon
"I don't mind dying if I have to, but I'm damned if I want to pay for the guarantee. I'm sorry."
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"I felt good full figured. Morbidly obese I was unhealthy and dying."
Star Jones
"I felt good full figured. Morbidly obese I was unhealthy and dying."
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"The entire deaths of Vietnam died in vain. And they're dying in vain right this very second. And you know what's worse than a soldier dying in vain? It's more soldiers dying in vain. That's what's worse."
Mike Gravel
"The entire deaths of Vietnam died in vain. And they're dying in vain right this very second. And you know what's worse than a soldier dying in vain? It's more soldiers dying in vain. That's what's worse."
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"Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!"
Raymond Smullyan
"Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!"
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"The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying."
John Berger
"The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying."
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"A person starts dying when they stop dreaming."
Brian Williams
"A person starts dying when they stop dreaming."
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"A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own."
Thomas Mann
"A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own."
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"Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
Dylan Thomas
"Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
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"The world is the mirror of myself dying."
Henry Miller
"The world is the mirror of myself dying."
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"For a person who is dying only eternity counts."
Friedrich Durrenmatt
"For a person who is dying only eternity counts."
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"Dying is not difficult, yielding is impossible."
Jane Grey Swisshelm
"Dying is not difficult, yielding is impossible."
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"In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice."
Evelyn Waugh
"In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice."
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"Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when."
Philip Roth
"Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when."
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"It hurts, it hurts... Im dying, I'm dying."
Herve Villechaize
"It hurts, it hurts... Im dying, I'm dying."
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"As the winter set in with its customary Canadian severity the real trouble of the French began. They did not suffer from the cold, but they were dying of scurvy."
Harry Johnston
"As the winter set in with its customary Canadian severity the real trouble of the French began. They did not suffer from the cold, but they were dying of scurvy."
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"It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by a dying badger."
Tom Holt
"It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by a dying badger."
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"There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it."
Johnny Rotten
"There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it."
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"Because these kids get away from their parents, and they binge drink until they are sick. Dozens of them are going to the hospital, and some of them dying. This is a problem, a big problem that needs to be addressed, and we need accurate information."
Zach Wamp
"Because these kids get away from their parents, and they binge drink until they are sick. Dozens of them are going to the hospital, and some of them dying. This is a problem, a big problem that needs to be addressed, and we need accurate information."
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"Just dying should not be a reason for taxes."
Todd Akin
"Just dying should not be a reason for taxes."
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"You know, I don't mind dying. The thing that pisses me off is that I won't get to be an old man. I was looking forward to that."
Robert Lansing
"You know, I don't mind dying. The thing that pisses me off is that I won't get to be an old man. I was looking forward to that."
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"I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung."
Kate Smith
"I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung."
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"There was much woe and lamentation in the seventies that the game was dying."
John Thorn
"There was much woe and lamentation in the seventies that the game was dying."
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"Veteran performers are dying off, and new acts simply aren't emerging on the national scene."
Brian Setzer
"Veteran performers are dying off, and new acts simply aren't emerging on the national scene."
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"It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying."
Christy Turlington
"It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying."
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"Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when captured and escape is not possible, giving up short of dying and making the best you can of the new situation is also good for your genes."
Keith Henson
"Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when captured and escape is not possible, giving up short of dying and making the best you can of the new situation is also good for your genes."
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"They realized I was alive again, even though I was playing an old, dying sop."
Christopher Plummer
"They realized I was alive again, even though I was playing an old, dying sop."
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