967 private quotes tagged death

“I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.” — Rachel McAdams

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“Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.” — Curt Schilling

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“Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.” — Edward Young

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“The death of anti-gay hate speech is no doubt being hastened by the head-spinning speed with which gays as a group - to say nothing of gay marriage - are becoming an unremarkable and even quite traditional parts of American life.” — Jeffrey Kluger

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“There are people who never experience that, who remain closed until death, from fear of change.” — Isabelle Adjani

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“I am one who believes that one of the greatest dangers of advertising is not that of misleading people, but that of boring them to death.” — Leo Burnett

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“Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.” — Edward Young

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“Marriage can be viewed as the waiting room for death.” — Mike Myers

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“Less base the fear of death than fear of life.” — Edward Young

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“We see death constantly on film.” — Michael Sheen

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“I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death.” — Stevie Ray Vaughan

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“Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit.” — Elia Kazan

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“Death is like an arrow that is already in flight, and your life lasts only until it reaches you.” — Georg Hermes

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“Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.” — Ivan Turgenev

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“Perhaps we don't need these religious concoctions to pillow the fear of death. Just the fact that there is an unknown, and something greater, can bring a feeling of peace. That's enough for me.” — Brad Pitt

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“I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers don't last for ever makes them beautiful.” — Damien Hirst

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“In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and renewal.” — Carol P. Christ

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“I think that obviously, there is a perverse attraction to a fundamentally changed world or the end of the world. There is a death wish, a perverse death wish. Not just for ourselves, not just for the movie 'Death Wish,' but for the end of all human life.” — John Hodgman

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“Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.” — Dan Savage

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“Early this morning, I signed my death warrant.” — Michael Collins

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“The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact.” — Damien Hirst

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“When you think about it, the end of the world is a little bit like death: We all know it's going to come eventually, and as we get older, we feel we see the signs more and more distinctly.” — John Hodgman

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“In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke.” — Ville Valo

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“Emigration is no longer a solution it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.” — Tahar Ben Jelloun

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“A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong they'll have to beat me to death!” — Sonia Johnson

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