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" I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States. "

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

Alfred Russel Wallace

" The death of Pope John Paul II led many of different faiths and of no faith to acknowledge their debt to the Roman Catholic Church for holding on to absolutes that the rest of us can measure ourselves against. "

" As long as you think of your real self as the person you are, then of course you're going to be fearful of death. But what is a person? A person is a pattern of behavior, of a larger awareness. You know, the two-year-old dies before the three-year-old shows up, the three-year-old dies before the teenager shows up. "

" I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches. "

" The American way of life, as I see it, is really the American way of death. Everything is determined by greed and the insatiable desire to be the richest and most powerful. And that desire is limitless. "

" The longer your life goes on, the more death you face. "

" After your death you will be what you were before your birth. "

Arthur Schopenhauer

" Call no man happy before he dies, he is at best but fortunate. "

" Jesus' sinless life was given as a gift to the world - the ultimate gift. Some would receive Him, and others wouldn't. Nonetheless, He continues to be our gift, and His life and death makes it possible for His children to receive eternal life with Him. That's a reason to give God glory. "

" When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday. "

" This country is being managed to death, being public related to death. "

" One thing I've learned about death threats is that they're great, actually. You should actually be grateful for death threats because those who are taking the time to threaten you that way are getting it out of their system. That's really what they rant to do, yell at you, and they want to threaten you. "

" We do not celebrate the death of our enemies. "

" It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. But I like the idea of growing old, and the thought of approaching death is not particularly daunting to me. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" Probably the one Bible passage that is read by Jews and Roman Catholics, Protestants, Islam, more than any other chapter is Psalm 23. And in Psalm 23 there is a verse that says, 'Surely, yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.' "

Robert H. Schuller

" How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset. "

George MacDonald

" Our faith is stronger than death, our philosophy is firmer than flesh, and the spread of the Kingdom of God upon the earth is more sublime and more compelling. "

" Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window with its wing. "

Christopher Fry

" When I first met Alan Parker, who directed 'Angel Heart,' he'd heard so many horror stories about me that he was literally scared to death of me. Right away, he sat me down and said, 'I'm very scared of you. I've heard you're a very bad boy.' "

" No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply. "

" Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord. "

" I believe in the freedom of choice in both life and death. "

" Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty. "

" O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast. "

" The kids out there want something they can relate to, something that's real; most of that whiny stuff isn't real. The cheesy pop songs just bore me to death. "

" The terms of copyright last far too long: either the life of the author plus 70 years after death for a personal work or 95 years for a corporate work. That length doesn't encourage more authorship - it merely limits the speakers who could share powerful speeches, books, and films. "

" When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is. "

" You're trying to write about something that's sacred. You're trying to bring the seriousness of life and death to it, and you're trying to find a way to dramatize it, and you're trying to give language to it, which is inadequate. But it's important to try. "

" Kids threw rocks at me, told me I was ugly and left death threats in my locker. "