Died Quotes - Page 6

• There's a belief that you're supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don't see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.

  Joel Osteen

  Jesus, Humility, Blessing

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• I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal... God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

  Joel Osteen

  Jesus, Believe, Thinking

  "The Gospel According to Joel Osteen: God Wants You to Be Happy" by Ely Brown and Edward Lovett, abcnews.go.com. September 14, 2011.

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• Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was - there's no doubt about it. There's never been anybody since. He's one of the greatest drummers that ever lived.

  Jimmy Page

  Doubt, Moments, Drummer

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  It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

  George S. Patton

  Sympathy, Death, Wisdom

  Speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, on June 07, 1945. "Patton, ordeal and triumph". Book by Ladislas Farago, 1963.

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• The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style.

  Terry Pratchett

  Boys, Games, Long

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• Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.

  Matthew Prior

  Night, Medicine, Yesterday

  'The Remedy Worse than the Disease'

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• Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife - I've had a few so it's hard to pinpoint which one - but who knows for sure?

  Richard Pryor

  New York, Wife, Newspapers

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• It was sad when Sid Vicious died... I was freaked out when Phil Lynott died from Thin Lizzy. I cried. It was too crazy.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Crazy, Sids, Lizzy

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• At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.

  Charles Rangel

  Quagmire, Fields, Killing

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• Two of my grandparents died in a car crash. Sucks, 'cause they would have lived to a hundred.

  Kid Rock

  Two, Car, Grandparent

  “Kid Rock: What I've Learned” by Tom Junod, www.esquire.com. April 20, 2011.

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• When you snatch little pieces of other people's lives and try to palm them off as your own, that's more disgusting than anything. Robin Williams is a huge thief. Denis Leary is a huge thief. His whole stand-up career is based on Bill Hicks, a brilliant guy who died years ago.

  Joe Rogan

  Years, Careers, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Mom and Dad were married 64 years. And if you wondered what their secret was, you could have asked the local florist - because every day Dad gave Mom a rose, which he put on her bedside table. That's how she found out what happened on the day my father died - she went looking for him because that morning, there was no rose.

  Mitt Romney

  Anniversary, Mom, Morning

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• I don't think you could get anything worse than losing a child. I think if my child died, I would prefer it if I were dead.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Children, Thinking, Losing

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• I think if my child died I would prefer it if I were dead.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Children, Thinking, Losing A Child

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• My grandmother always used to wear this English perfume called Tuberose and then she died and then I dated this girl who wore the same thing. Every time I hung out with her, I could only think of my recently deceased grandmother. So sometimes a signature scent can be good and sometimes it can be bad.

  Mark Ronson

  Girl, Grandmother, Thinking

  "Mark Ronson's Scent Manifesto". Interview with Stelios Phili, www.gq.com. Mark Ronson's Scent Manifesto.

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• Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.

  Salman Rushdie

  Men, House, Rich

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• Mom was 50 when my Dad died. She got on a bus every weekday for years, and rode 40 miles each morning to Madison. She earned a new degree and learned new skills to start her small business. It wasn't just a new livelihood. It was a new life.

  Paul Ryan

  Mom, Mother, Morning

  Republican National Convention VP Nomination Acceptance, delivered 29 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire; the good news is that we got exclusive footage.

  Jessica Savitch

  Fire, People, News

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• What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant the total destruction of Tibet, because he would have died and that would have ripped the heart out of his people.

  Martin Scorsese

  Heart, People, Destruction

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• I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways.

  Martin Scorsese

  Way, Cop, Duty

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• When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. Own a Picasso was one of those things.

  Jill Scott

  Lists, Things To Do

  "Jill Scott: 'I was told I'd never have kids - my son is due in 5 weeks'". The Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. March 22, 2009.

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• As slavery died for the greater good of America, and the movement for equality sputtered to life, the white woman was on the cover of every American magazine. She was the dazzling jewel on every movie screen, the glory of every commercial and television show.

  Jill Scott

  Jewels, White, America

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• I got my very last tattoo after my father died. I'm not getting anymore; otherwise I'll end up like Mike Tyson with a tattoo on my face.

  Sean William Scott

  Tattoo, Father, Lasts

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• My dad died of a stroke.

  William Shatner

  Dad, Father, Strokes

  "William Shatner: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. April 18, 2012.

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• When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.

  William Shatner

  Character, Generations, Guests

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