"When I die, people will say it is the best thing for me. It is because they know it is the worst. They want to avoid the feeling of pity. As though they were the people most concerned!"

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Source : 1961 The Mighty and Their Fall, ch.4.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

#Death Quotes #People Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“This fight means the world to me. It's what I've been dreaming about since I was 10 years old to win a world title. I'm going in their with nothing less than a victory. I think it's safe to say the fight is not going the distance and it's going to be a fight of the year candidate. He's going to come to fight, I'm coming to fight and I plan on leaving September 8th as the new world champion”
“Youâ€™re playing the creepy vibe a little hard,â€ I said. â€œMight as well go for broke, put on a black top hat and pipe in some organ music.”
“One of the problems we have is that we cannot just be content to admire and enjoy, we have to possess and feel we own what we see. That can become for many of us an addiction which adds a complication to our life and takes away our peace of mind. Craving things becomes after a while a serious distraction and an obsession.”
“I will go so far as to say probably smoking had something to do with my pancreatic cancer.”

Source : "Patrick Swayze Opens Up About Cancer Battle, Blames Smoking". Interview with Barbara Walters, www.mtv.com. January 7, 2009.
“On the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation; on that works, a great head.”
“I always laugh at people who say "I've never met a rich technician" I love that! Its such an arrogant, nonsensical response. I used fundamentals for 9 years and got rich as a technician”
“Faith is not a leap in the dark. Faith is not a "hope so." Faith is substance and evidence - substance for a scientific mind, and evidence for a legal mind.”
“Unless we give part of ourselves away, unless we can live with other people and understand them and help them, we are missing the most essential part of our own human lives.”

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