967 private quotes tagged death

“The essence of the Hebrew Bible, transmitted by Christianity, is separation: between life and death, nature and God, good and evil, man and woman, and the holy and the profane.” — Dennis Prager

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“The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.” — William Lloyd Garrison

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“Death is with you all the time you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it's not unfamiliar to you. It's always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.” — Bell Hooks

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“For those who live neither with religious consolations about death nor with a sense of death (or of anything else) as natural, death is the obscene mystery, the ultimate affront, the thing that cannot be controlled. It can only be denied.” — Susan Sontag

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“Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.” — Emile M. Cioran

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“To be honest, I'm scared to death of rollercoaster rides.” — Liam Neeson

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“All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay.” — Jeanne Moreau

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“His death was the first time that Ed Wynn ever made anyone sad.” — Red Skelton

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“There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.” — Stanislav Grof

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“But I was very, very lucky, and it was a wake up call as far as motorbikes are concerned. I never flirted with death on the bike, but now I'm totally convinced they're death machines.” — Liam Neeson

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“The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.” — Paula Poundstone

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“The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'” — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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“Each instant of life is a step toward death.” — Pierre Corneille

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“People think celebrities don't have to worry about human things like sickness and death and rent. It's like you've traveled to this Land of Celebrity, this other country.” — David Duchovny

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“The death penalty is becoming a way of life in this country.” — Dennis Miller

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“He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.” — Pierre Corneille

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“I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God.” — Timothy Radcliffe

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“She looks like a warrior. I mean, Bellatrix does mean warrior. And she's also a bit of a fatale. She's the right hand of Voldemort, and the only woman death eater.” — Helena Bonham Carter

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“I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened.” — Helena Bonham Carter

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“It's just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is to say there is one.” — Jeanne Moreau

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“As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.” — Maurice Sendak

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“For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.” — Thomas Mann

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“Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how.” — Gloria Swanson

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“I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.” — Russell Crowe

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“Death is inevitable, but Life - that's the tricky bit where things happen.” — Simon Travaglia

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