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Alive Quotes by John Irving
- If watching television doesn't hasten death, it surely manages to make death very inviting; for television so shamelessly sentimentalizes and romanticizes death that it makes…
- The history of a city was like the history of a family—there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone from each other.…
- Thus we try to keep our heroes alive; hence we remember them.
More Alive Quotes
- There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of… — David Attenborough
- No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think,… — Marcus Aurelius
- I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive. — Paul Auster
- Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
- The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up Scripture and… — Michele Bachmann
- A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for… — Pearl Bailey
- It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all… — James A. Baldwin
- I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul,… — Ansel Adams
- My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful to be… — Travis Barker
- As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've… — Roseanne Barr
- The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really… — Roseanne Barr