"Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness……" — Charles Caleb Colton

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• There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the… — David Attenborough
• No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were… — Wystan Hugh Auden
• When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe,… — 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… — Michele Bachmann
• A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and… — Pearl Bailey
• It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me… — James A. Baldwin
• I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express… — Ansel Adams
• My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful… — Travis Barker
• As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then… — Roseanne Barr
• The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I… — Roseanne Barr

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