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“The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death”
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“People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend...”
Jim Morrison quotes (American Poet and Singer. Member of the American band The Doors and one of rock music's mythic figures. 1943-1971)
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“According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.”
Jerry Seinfeld quotes (American television Actor and Comedian, b.1954)
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“Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.”
Henry Van Dyke quotes (American short-story Writer, Poet and Essayist, 1852-1933)
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“Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.”
Dag Hammarskjold quotes (Swedish Statesman and United Nations official, 1905-1961)
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“Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to make sense out of the senseless, to explain things we find inexplicable”
Gore Vidal quotes (American novelist and essayist b.1925)
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“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”
Norman Cousins quotes (American Essayist and Editor, long associated with the Saturday Review. 1912-1990)
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“I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.”
Johnny Carson quotes (American TV Host, 1925-2005)
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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Mahatma Gandhi quotes (Indian Philosopher, internationally esteemed for his doctrine of nonviolent protest, 1869-1948)
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“There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo -- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.”
Gore Vidal quotes (American novelist and essayist b.1925)
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“Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you're free to live. You no longer care about your reputation. You no longer care except so far as your life can be used tactically to promote a cause you believe in.”
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