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Nothing is truer in a sense than a funeral oration: It tells precisely what the dead man should have been. — Louis Gustave Vapereau
I hate funerals and would not attend my own if it could be avoided, but it is well for every man to stop once in… — Robert Tappan Morris
It is like visiting one's funeral, like visiting loss in its purest and most monumental form, this wild darkness, which is not only unknown but… — Harold Brodkey
People are scared to make something that doesn't look like another film that made a lot of money. It means we get 'Four Weddings And… — Billy Boyd
As a pastor, you get invited into the most poignant moments of people's lives. Whether it's a wedding or a funeral or a hospital visit,… — Rob Bell
Talk to people no one else is talking to. Who would have thought that giving a speech at a funeral at age 12 would introduce… — Ben Casnocha
I've been at the funerals of a lot of people in my neighborhood. Sometimes when I sit back and relax, I think about that and… — Carmelo Anthony
Yeah, like, when I look back on my life, I just remember back what happened in '74, or something. It seems like only the real… — Gregg Allman
I wanted to be at my sister's funeral, but my family has always had a complicated dynamic. — Nick Carter
I have experienced a murderer among my friends. Many, many years ago. At close range I have seen the impact of it. I knew the… — Karin Fossum
When I die, now don't think that I'm a nut, don't want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut. — Steve Martin
I felt a funeral in my brain, and mourners to and fro kept treading, treading till I felt that sense was breaking through. And when… — Andrew Solomon
Nine Years Under is a sparkling debut--- brimming with love and bursting with life. Booker's Baltimore is equal parts The Wire and The Cosby show.… — Tayari Jones
I am at a crossroads; I have always been against armed opposition... I have chosen civil disobedience. But I will apologize to my people if… — Osman Baydemir
I like a decent funeral, and God knows in my family we've seen enough of them. Looking through family photographs now is like watching an… — Matt Roper
I always take photographs when I attend a funeral. Most people there know who I am and expect me to be there with my camera. — Martin Parr
By the 1980s, practically no one under 60 in the real civilian world wore hats for anything except weddings, funerals or Ascot. Hats had been… — Peter York
Every now and then I think about my own death, and I think about my own funeral. ... Every now and then I ask myself,… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Death is the funeral of all our sorrows. — David Berg
I see people driving cars, winding down the streets. I don't know where these people think they're going. They're going to the funeral home; that's… — Frederick Lenz
ADDER, n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living. — Ambrose Bierce
I'd been on a road trip right out of college, with a buddy of mine. It was uneventful. We didn't get laid. Although one time… — John Travolta
As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter… — Horace
I never hear the rattling of dice that it does not sound to me like the funeral bell of the whole family. — Douglas William Jerrold
To Harry Secombe: I hope you die first as I don't want you singing at my funeral. — Spike Milligan

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