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- Nov 07, 2020
Alive Quotes
On feeling alive—in body, in work, and in the natural world.
This page collects quotes about what it means to feel alive—seeing trees as living beings, noting how certain old systems remain active long after they should have faded, and comparing the energy of fieldwork to a quieter newsroom. See our feel quotes for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a claustrophobe, but you don't need to be to feel claustrophobic inside an MRI. It's like being buried alive.
- Jungle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pity the poor senator or representative trying to stay alive in the political jungle. At every turn, there's a danger: a constituent who actually wants something done. Or worse, a campaign donor who might be offended by that something.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had fans, and the industry and everybody saying, 'Keep the Righteous Brothers going; keep the music alive,' and I really didn't want to do that. I had sung with a couple of guys who would supposedly be really good Bobby Hatfields, and I thought, 'Oh geez, it's really anti-climatic.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't imagine there has ever been a more gratifying time or place to be alive than America in the 1950s. No country had ever known such prosperity.
- Stay
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work to stay alive.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
The group For Our Future’s Sake will tour key marginal constituencies to ensure first that young people register to vote then, second, that they use that vote tactically to keep their hope of a final Brexit referendum alive.
- American Women
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- Nov 07, 2020
The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was called a 'CD' by a suicidal teenager, who is alive today because I became her 'Chosen Dad,' who loved her. We all have the potential to re-parent ourselves and others.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a socialist. I'm amazed at how the spirit of socialism is alive and well in New York. I had always thought I wouldn't want to be here without a lot of money, but I was wrong about that.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe buildings are alive, and when you want to make a change, you have to change in the same symphony.
- Singer
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stayed with a family in the bush in Alaska and there were absolutely swarms of mosquitos. The crew were wearing full body nets but the family weren't, so I decided that if I was going to do things properly I wouldn't wear them either. I was eaten alive!
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually don't know much about Jaclyn Moriarty's process or where her stories come from or who inspired her characters. I just know that reading her books feels like sitting with friends. Her characters feel alive.
- Nov 07, 2020
I want to keep playing strong female roles. I don't mean superheroes, but women who are really alive.
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- Nov 07, 2020