Quotes with death-like

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  • Bill Gates I have to say that in 1981, making those decisions, I felt like I was providing enough freedom for 10 years. That is, a move from 64k to 640k felt like something that would last a great deal of time. Well, it didn't - it took about only 6 years before people started to see that as a real problem.
    1989 speech on the history of the microcomputer industry. [1]
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Joseph Conrad I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable grayness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamor, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Bruce Sterling I haven't had that good a time in ages. Since September 11, really. I just felt so happy, it was like the sun came out of the clouds for me. I love Italy.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • Alfred Nobel I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.
    Alfred Nobel
    Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist (1833 - 1896)
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  • Brock Lesnar I just take it one fight at a time. If I'm able to fight, and I'm still healthy enough, I'd like to fight. But I'll know when it's time to stop.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Iain Banks I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.
    Use of Weapons (1990) 417
    Iain Banks
    Scottish author (1954 - 2013)
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  • Jeanette Winterson I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as choice.
    Lighthousekeeping (2006) 186
    Jeanette Winterson
    English writer (1959 - )
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  • Arthur Godfrey I know how I like to be treated, so I always start by saying, 'Could you give me a moment of your time, I know you're very busy,' and usually, they will.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Burn Gorman I know in Britain with 'Doctor Who' all the classic actors, and the people who you'd really want to, work on the show. I like that the fact that 'Torchwood' has actors that want to be involved from the stage. It has raised our game, and I'm just happy for good actors who want to be in sci-fi shows who love the genre.
    Burn Gorman
    British actor and musician (1974 - )
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  • P. Henry I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.
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  • Patrick Henry I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.
    Patrick Henry
    American attorney, planter, and orator (1736 - 1799)
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  • Oscar Wilde I know not whether Laws be right or whether Laws be wrong; all that we know who live in goal is that the wall is strong; and that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ben Hecht I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Armistead Maupin I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not appreciate it when people would ask him what it is like being partnered with a celebrity. Precisely because it suggested that he had no value.
    Armistead Maupin
    American writer (1944 - )
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  • Harry S. Truman I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do and like it.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • William Hazlitt I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Bruce Willis I like a little movie I did in the early nineties called 'Mortal Thoughts.' The part was hardly written, but I learned a lot making it. No one remembers it.
    Bruce Willis
    American actor, producer, and singer (1955 - )
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  • Emily Dickinson I like a look of Agony, because I know it's true - men do not sham Convulsion, nor simulate, a Throe.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Ann Beattie I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there's often a novel I admire, but not all of their works.
    Ann Beattie
    American novelist (1947 - )
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  • Winston Churchill I like a man who grins when he fights.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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