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Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I've a call.

Quote by Sylvia Plath about death, hell, art, magic, real estate, contentment

Latinos have fought in all of America's wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country today in Iraq, just as several of their ancestors fought for freedom in Mexico over a century ago.

Quote by Joe Baca about ancestors, beginning, country, war

The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.

Quote by Randy Bachman about rocks, music, work

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in...

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about life

People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.

People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about death, people

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake...

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

Quote by Albert Camus about people, faith, death, man

The act of dying is one of the acts of life.

The act of dying is one of the acts of life.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about life

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.

Quote by Bette Davis

There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

Quote by Johnny Depp about value, spirit, love, life

I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to be.

Quote by Princess Diana about children

Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a...

Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about marriage, society, idea, sex

I mean, if we said right now, there's somebody in the next room who's dying, let's all go save their life, you know, everybody would just get up immediately and go get involved in that.

Quote by Bill Gates about rightness, life, contentment

I pretty well knew Dad was dying early on, and decided...

I pretty well knew Dad was dying early on, and decided that I was not going to let him out of here without closing.

Quote by Peter Fonda

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about death, day, country, reason, war, old, olderness, nothing, good, good luck

One thing about being successful is that I stopped being...

One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about being, celebrity, contentment, things

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about intelligence, trap, thinking, death, mind, human imperfections, contentment

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act...

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about time, man

The patient who has been dying all night finally meets...

The patient who has been dying all night finally meets his maker 12.5 minutes before shift change.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, night, change

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He...

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

Quote by George S. Patton about opinion, country, war, death

He that lives to forever, never fears dying.

He that lives to forever, never fears dying.

Quote by William Penn about life

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