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Dying Quotes

"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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"A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own."

"A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

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"The comic page is dying; I didn't want to go with it."

"The comic page is dying; I didn't want to go with it."

Berkeley Breathed, American Cartoonist

Dying, Want, Berke Breathed

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"The world is the mirror of myself dying."

"The world is the mirror of myself dying."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"Dying is not difficult, yielding is impossible."

"Dying is not difficult, yielding is impossible."

Jane Grey Swisshelm, American Journalist

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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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"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."

"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, Swiss Philosopher

Dying, Moon, Old, Will

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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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"There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it."

"There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it."

Johnny Rotten, English Musician

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"So not only can you not imagine dying, you can't really imagine existence before you were born."

"So not only can you not imagine dying, you can't really imagine existence before you were born."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Dying, Existence

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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."

"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, American Politician

Dying, Information, Kids, Needs

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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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"Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings."

"Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings."

Robert Burns, Scottish Poet

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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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"The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying."

"The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying."

John Berger, English Artist

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"Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit."

"Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit."

Norman Mailer, American Novelist

Dying, Existence, Living

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"Dying is a wild night and a new road."

"Dying is a wild night and a new road."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Dying, Night, Road

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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, Egypt, dying."

"I am dying, Egypt, dying."

Marc Antony, Roman Politician

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"Living is what scares me. Dying is easy."

"Living is what scares me. Dying is easy."

Charles Manson, American Criminal

"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

"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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