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" Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure. "

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" Death is acceptable only if it represents the physically necessary passage toward a union, the condition of a metamorphosis. "

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" The death penalty issue is obviously a divisive one. But whether one is for or against, you can not deny the basic illogic - if we know the system is flawed, if we know there are innocent people on Death Row, then until the system is reformed, should we not abandon the death penalty to protect those who are innocent? "

Richard LaGravenese

" Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising. "

" To some extent I liken slavery to death. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" Death is the one predator we can't escape. But vampires have found the loophole so many of us crave. I think that's the allure of vampirism. "

Sherrilyn Kenyon

" I taught myself confidence. When I'd walk into a room and feel scared to death, I'd tell myself, 'I'm not afraid of anybody.' And people believed me. You've got to teach yourself to take over the world. "

Priyanka Chopra

" Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh. "

Marcus Aurelius

" Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. "

Rabindranath Tagore

" Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life to make discoveries. "

" In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death. "

Alfred Russel Wallace

" Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. "

" To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. "

" Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation. "

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

" You can cry about death and very properly so, your own as well as anybody else's. But it's inevitable, so you'd better grapple with it and cope and be aware that not only is it inevitable, but it has always been inevitable, if you see what I mean. "

David Attenborough

" We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead. "

" My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning. "

" I think in some instances that the death penalty is required. "

" Death is the beginning of something. "

" Military deployments have never been something to enjoy, but the consequence of the actions, the shared nature of the sacrifices, and the nobility of the cause are invigorating. To be clear, I'm not talking about the killing and the death; rather, the sense of purpose that pervades every action, reaction, and outcome. "

" Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality. "

Emily Dickinson

" At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom. "

" Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. "

" While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. "

Leonardo da Vinci

" 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. "

" Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave. "

" For years, I have been stalked by a bad reputation. Actually, I have been pursued by people who have regarded me as the 'Death and Dying' Lady. They believe that having spent more than three decades in research into death and life after death qualifies me as an expert on the subject. I think they miss the point. "

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

" When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time. "

" Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by death. "

" Immortality is the negation of death. We do not usually speak about 'innatality' - about having not yet been born - yet this is something we would have to regard as the other aspect of the human soul. We are just as unborn as we are immortal. "