967 private quotes tagged death

“I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.” — Dave Grohl

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“More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they weren't guilty or fairly tried. Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong.” — John Grisham

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“Why would you be afraid of death? It would be an inconvenience. I have a lot of undone things and it's bound to get in the way. But, no, it doesn't scare me at all.” — David Carradine

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“The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.” — Jack Kevorkian

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“I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after death-these are as strong as ever. In fact, the belief in life after death has increased in this century.” — Andrew Greeley

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“The study of consciousness that can extend beyond the body is extremely important for the issue of survival, since it is this part of human personality that would be likely to survive death.” — Stanislav Grof

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“I like death. I'm a big fan of it.” — Guy Ritchie

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“I'm watching the Weather Channel more than I've ever watched it. I'm scared to death it's going to rain.” — John Elway

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“The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death.” — Stanislav Grof

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“Death by starvation is slow.” — Mary Austin

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“Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity.” — Stanislav Grof

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“The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material.” — Stanislav Grof

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“The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.” — Stanislav Grof

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“The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced, studied, and carefully mapped.” — Stanislav Grof

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“If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after death.” — Stanislav Grof

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“Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition.” — Stanislav Grof

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“A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know.” — Stanislav Grof

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“Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of dying at the time of biological demise.” — Stanislav Grof

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“I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me.” — Ethel Waters

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“I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.” — Jack Kevorkian

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“We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves.” — Daniel Boone

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“People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death.” — Polly Toynbee

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“Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death.” — Desmond Morris

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“Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different.” — Michael Haneke

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“When I see someone who is starved, they don't look alert. They don't have boundless energy. If you're too skinny, it looks like you're near death.” — Kirstie Alley

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