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Dying Quotes

"To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten."

"To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten."

Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher

Dying, Fame, Want

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"Patients reported that their psychedelic sessions were an invaluable experiential training for dying."

"Patients reported that their psychedelic sessions were an invaluable experiential training for dying."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Dying, Training

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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."

"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, American Writer

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"I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another."

"I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another."

Richard Pryor, American Actor

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"The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell."

"The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell."

John W. Foster, American Soldier

Dying, Hell, Pride

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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."

"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, American Novelist

Dying, Fighting, Land, World

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"Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else."

"Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else."

Morrie Schwartz, American Educator

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"There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for."

"There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for."

Tom Robbins, American Author

Dying, Killing, Living, Nothing

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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."

"So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple."

Damien Hirst, British Artist

Dying, Smoking, Suicide

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"Live as you will wish to have lived when you are dying."

"Live as you will wish to have lived when you are dying."

Christian Furchtegott Gellert, German Poet

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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."

"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, American Model

Dying, Open, Want, Years

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"He that lives to live forever, never fears dying."

"He that lives to live forever, never fears dying."

William Penn, English Leader

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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."

"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, American Editor

Dying, Entertainment, Fashion, Kids

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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."

"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, British Explorer

Dying, Trouble, Winter

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"I am dying of hunger."

"I am dying of hunger."

Klaus Kinski, German Actor

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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."

"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, American Musician

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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."

"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, American Politician

Dying, Right, Soldiers, Vietnam

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"For a person who is dying only eternity counts."

"For a person who is dying only eternity counts."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

Dying, Eternity

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"In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice."

"In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice."

Evelyn Waugh, English Author

Dying, Quotation, Vice, World

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"Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition."

"Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition."

Nicholas D. Kristof, American Writer

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"Veteran performers are dying off, and new acts simply aren't emerging on the national scene."

"Veteran performers are dying off, and new acts simply aren't emerging on the national scene."

Brian Setzer, American Musician

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"Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!"

"Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!"

Raymond Smullyan, American Mathematician

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"It hurts, it hurts... Im dying, I'm dying."

"It hurts, it hurts... Im dying, I'm dying."

Herve Villechaize, French Actor

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"Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?"

"Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?"

Sophocles, Greek Poet

5

"I'm dying always."

"I'm dying always."

Jessye Norman, American Musician

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"Dying is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down."

"Dying is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down."

Woody Allen, American Director

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"I've been dying to play."

"I've been dying to play."

Johnny Kelly, American Musician

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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."

"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, American Actor

Dying, Mind, Want

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"Just dying should not be a reason for taxes."

"Just dying should not be a reason for taxes."

Todd Akin, American Politician

Dying, Reason, Taxes

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"I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first."

"I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first."

Astrid Lindgren, Swedish Author

Dying, First, Mind, Now

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"I felt good full figured. Morbidly obese I was unhealthy and dying."

"I felt good full figured. Morbidly obese I was unhealthy and dying."

Star Jones, American Entertainer

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"Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth."

"Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth."

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, American Psychologist

Dying, Earth, End

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"There was much woe and lamentation in the seventies that the game was dying."

"There was much woe and lamentation in the seventies that the game was dying."

John Thorn, American Historian

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"She had been dying so long that I had almost come to regard her as immortal."

"She had been dying so long that I had almost come to regard her as immortal."

Thomas Nelson Page, American Writer

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"My uncle's dying wish - he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair."

"My uncle's dying wish - he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

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"Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when."

"Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when."

Philip Roth, American Novelist

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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."

"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, American Scientist

Dying, Fighting, Giving, Relatives

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"If I was still at school, I'd be looking at Britney Spears and dying to be her."

"If I was still at school, I'd be looking at Britney Spears and dying to be her."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

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"A person starts dying when they stop dreaming."

"A person starts dying when they stop dreaming."

Brian Williams, American Journalist

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"A closed mind is a dying mind."

"A closed mind is a dying mind."

Edna Ferber, American Novelist

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"I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens."

"I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens."

Spike Milligan, Irish Comedian

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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."

"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, American Politician

Dying, Man, Mind, Old

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"Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

"Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

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"Alas, I am dying beyond my means."

"Alas, I am dying beyond my means."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness."

"We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness."

Albert Schweitzer, German Theologian

Dying, Loneliness

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"I'm dying to get back in front of the cameras. I miss it like crazy."

"I'm dying to get back in front of the cameras. I miss it like crazy."

Holly Valance, Australian Musician

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"I'd rather be dead than dying."

"I'd rather be dead than dying."

Stephen Evans, American Editor

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"It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying."

"It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Dying, Quitting, Smoking

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"I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit. Besides, I can't die now - I'm booked."

"I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit. Besides, I can't die now - I'm booked."

George Burns, American Comedian

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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."

"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, British Novelist

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