"Flirting with death is the spice of life."

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Source : Margaret M. Lock (2002). “Twice Dead: Organ Transplants and the Reinvention of Death”, p.366, Univ of California Press

Margaret M. Lock

#Life Quotes #Flirting Quotes #Spices Quotes

“Modern death is a matter of bright rooms and hard machines. Live long enough, and you might be filed away in a nursing home, your history scoured away, your life winnowed down to a few items on the table and some pictures of people who don't come around enough. When you are about to pass on, there is no quiet to attend you: busy fuss and professional zeal strive to bring you back, nail you to the soft cross of the rented bed.”
“If you are in the job for glamour, you're in for the shock of your life. The media is a huge shark pool.”
“It is a decision that compassion is more important than fear, than fitting in, than following the crowd.”

Source : Glennon Doyle Melton (2014). “Carry On, Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life”, p.123, Simon and Schuster
“Truth is simply whatever you can bring yourself to believe.”

Source : Alice Childress, Kathy A. Perkins (2011). “Selected Plays”, p.97, Northwestern University Press
“Carob works on the principle that, when mixed with the right combination of fats and sugar, it can duplicate chocolate in color and texture. Of course, the same can be said of dirt....”
“You just have to follow your own heart. I listen to so many different kinds of music and at the end of the day you want to make a record that you're super proud of.”
“If a large number of people who are convinced alien abductions are real are hypnotising even larger numbers of others who suspect they might be, then it is likely there will be many alien abduction narratives flying around, as, indeed, there are. Of course, this is not proof they are not true, but it does provide a persuasive context for a simple psychosocial explanation. Hypnotism is a technique that triggers a mass storytelling project in which all the stories are linked.”
“When famous people come up to you it's a bit weird, but it's an honour, really, when they recognise you and want to chat to you for a bit.”

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