Children should neither be seen nor heard from – ever again. ― W. C. Fields

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When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty. ― W. C. Fields

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I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death! ― Anne Frank

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Those who are afraid of death will carry it on their shoulders.

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Just like my Uncle Charlie used to say, just before he sprung the trap: He said, "You can't cheat and honest man! Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump! ― W. C. Fields

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If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death. ― Morgan Freeman

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I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons.

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All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia ― W.C. Fields

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After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

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From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ... I fell morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed. — Harry A. Blackmun

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