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Dying Quotes

"A closed mind is a dying mind."

"A closed mind is a dying mind."

Edna Ferber, American Novelist

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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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"I've been dying to play."

"I've been dying to play."

Johnny Kelly, American Musician

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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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"With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying."

"With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying."

Bette Davis, American Actress

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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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"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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"If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party."

"If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party."

Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish Diplomat

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"They realized I was alive again, even though I was playing an old, dying sop."

"They realized I was alive again, even though I was playing an old, dying sop."

Christopher Plummer, Canadian Actor

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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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"Dying should not be a taxable event."

"Dying should not be a taxable event."

Mike Fitzpatrick, American Politician

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"I am dying of hunger."

"I am dying of hunger."

Klaus Kinski, German Actor

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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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"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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"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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"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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"And all the winds go sighing, for sweet things dying."

"And all the winds go sighing, for sweet things dying."

Christina Rossetti, British Poet

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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

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"To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all."

"To die is but to leave off dying and do the thing once for all."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"It goes back to all of us wanting to be in Hollywood. We're all dying to win an Oscar."

"It goes back to all of us wanting to be in Hollywood. We're all dying to win an Oscar."

Jerry Della Femina, American Businessman

Dying, Hollywood

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"I am dying, Egypt, dying."

"I am dying, Egypt, dying."

Marc Antony, Roman Politician

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"Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying."

"Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun."

"This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Dying, End, Man, Sun

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