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It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about olderness, death, age, old, life, destiny, absolute, time

After ten or twelve years you can only play something so...

After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it.

Quote by Larry Hagman

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

Quote by Vladimir Nabokov about satire, teaching, games

Hell is a parody of Heaven.

Hell is a parody of Heaven.

Quote by Gavriil Stiharul about hell

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