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title: "9 Survival Means Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [“we both know the other's survival means our own death”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/we-both-know-the-other-s-survival-means-our-own-death/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

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> [Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other's survival means our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/gale-and-i-were-thrown-together-by-a-mutual-need-to-survive-peeta-and/)

[Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/)

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> [“Survival here means simply an incomplete death, not a partial life -- to be trapped in a gap between the living and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-pearl/survival-here-means-simply-an-incomplete-death-not-a-partial-life-to/)

[Matthew Pearl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-pearl/)

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> [I think the notion of success is fairly destructive. You can see elements of this surrounding any band becoming too popular. On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howe-gelb/i-think-the-notion-of-success-is-fairly-destructive-you-can-see/)

Howe Gelb

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> [“And "sharing the work of survival," therefore, means resisting every temptation towards independence, towards personal liberty, towards "doing your own thing". This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wangerin-jr/and-sharing-the-work-of-survival-therefore-means-resisting-every/)

[Walter Wangerin Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-wangerin-jr/)

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> [“But survival means more than simply being alive. It's not just the body that must survive a jail term: the spirit and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/but-survival-means-more-than-simply-being-alive-it-s-not-just-the/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

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> [Does Rupert like me? I think so, but it doesn't matter. When I go up to the magic room in the sky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ailes/does-rupert-like-me-i-think-so-but-it-doesn-t-matter-when-i-go-up-to/)

[Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ailes/)

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> [Survival means the survival of human kind as a whole, not just a part of it. If the South cannot survive, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/survival-means-the-survival-of-human-kind-as-a-whole-not-just-a-part/)

[Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/)

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> [The only victory that really counts in prison is survival. But survival means more than simply being alive. It's not just the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/the-only-victory-that-really-counts-in-prison-is-survival-but/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

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