- Inspirational
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life Quotes
Quotes on the meaning found in life.
Life quotes on this page range widely - from lifelong searches for spiritual meaning and questions about religious definitions of sin, to the more ordinary scene of people debating life's big problems over drinks. That range mirrors related pages like Life Status.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Boredom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think all kinds of meanings in life transcend your self. They're linked to other generations of people around us, to our children and our family. We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a compulsive reader of fiction. I fell in love with novels when I was a teenager. My wife Marilyn and I... our initial friendship began because we are both readers. I've gone to sleep almost every night of my life after having read in a novel for 30 or 40 minutes. I'm a great reader of fiction and much less so of non-fiction.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
During my childhood, Washington was a segregated city, and I lived in the midst of a poor black neighborhood. Life on the streets was often perilous. Indoor reading was my refuge, and twice a week, I made the hazardous bicycle trek to the central library at Seventh and K streets to stock up on supplies.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometime early in life, I developed the notion - one which I have never relinquished - that writing a novel is the very finest thing a person can do.
- Nov 07, 2020
The amount of death terror experienced is closely related to the amount of life unlived.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I chose New Orleans because New Orleans chose me. This city gave me my dad and my love of life.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've received many good pieces of advice throughout my life.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Relationships are hard, so you have to know what type of man you want by your side and what their values are, what is important in his life.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being an individual takes effort. Most people are pretty lazy. And that's OK! I mean, there are more important things than fashion. If it's going to stress you out to have a sense of style, don't do it. The important thing is to be comfortable so you can get on with your life.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father told me once not to expect anything from anybody so I wouldn't be disappointed. If somebody was nice and did nice things for me, I should be overjoyed, but I shouldn't go through life expecting it, which is very good advice.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020