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" A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved will not be with you anymore. "

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" I have come to regard November as the older, harder man's October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures. It puts my mind in a different place than October. It is a month for a quieter, slightly more subdued celebration of summer's death as winter tightens its grip. "

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" If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it. "

" Religion provides the only story that is fundamentally consoling in the face of the worst possible experiences - the death of a parent, for instance. In fact, many religions take away the problem entirely, because their adherents ostensibly believe that they're going to be reunited with everyone they love, and death is an illusion. "

" They say death and taxes are the only things that are inevitable. The truth is, you can not pay your taxes. I've done it, and there's consequences, but it can be done. Death you're not going to get out of, and you kind of got to deal with it. "

" The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment. "

" In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. "

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" Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death. "

" My mother's death brought me to my knees. She was my hero, my role model, my very best friend. I spoke to her every single day of my life. I really tried hard when I grew up to make her proud of me. "

" Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed. "

" I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. "

" The fear of death comes from limited awareness. "

" The fact that anyone lives in America is the single reason poverty is never a death sentence, and transforms it instead into - at worst - an obstacle on the path to a better life and road to freedom and success. "

" Learning is not just a labour market or economic growth issue. It is an integral part of human development. We learn from birth to death. "

" Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure, only death can stop it. "

" As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for those convicted of capital offenses... An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation. "

" Death is softer by far than tyranny. "

" I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death! "

" I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death. "

George Carlin

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" The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death. "

" I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life. "

" I always run into these Ph.D.s. They write and write and write about sustainable development. Then these guys ask me, 'But, how do you do it?' They are scared to death to do anything. "

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" Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death. "

" Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity. "

" One puts off the biography like you put off death. To write an autobiography is to etch the words on your own gravestone. "

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Words

" All I want is a gentleman. I'm sick to bloody death of bastards. "

" When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day. "

" Our minds are mysterious; our conscious brain is like a ship on a sea that is obscure to us. "

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" Life and death have been lacking in my life. "

" You take fantasies, which for thousands of years belonged to the religious realm - overcoming death or our merging with the universe - and you suddenly start talking about them in a more technical perspective as something that can be achieved, not after you die with the help of supernatural beings, but in this very life with the help of technology. "

" Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part! "