Quotes with life-affirming

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  • Thornton Wilder When you're at war, you think about a better life; when you're at peace you think about a more comfortable one.
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Bryan Burrough When you're going off to prison for the rest of your life, a lot of people do feel the need to explain themselves to all the people they have known.
    Bryan Burrough
    American author and correspondent (1961 - )
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  • Bruce Forsyth When you've been brought up in variety, I think timing is always important in your life. If I'm ever late for anything, whether it's personal or business, I always apologise. 'I'm sorry I'm late,' and all that. And if somebody is late meeting me, I expect them to say 'I'm sorry I'm late.' It's just, shall we say, showbiz etiquette of my day.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Yann Martel When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.
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    Yann Martel
    Canadian author (1963 - )
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  • Duffy Daugherty When your are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that.
    Duffy Daugherty
    American football player and coach (1915 - 1987)
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  • Bernie S. Siegel When your heart speaks to you about what you need to do to sustain life on this planet, listen to it, make a difference, and be an inspiration for generations to come. Be inspired by people like Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Christopher Reeve, Albert Schweitzer, Helen Keller, and many others.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Carolyn Chute Whenever I write, I write what I find to be the way people are. I never use any symbolism at all, but if you write as true to life as you possibly can, people will see symbolism. They'll all see different symbolism, but they're apt to because you can see it in life.
    Carolyn Chute
    American writer and populist
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  • T. S. Eliot Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible; life in a palace is possible; therefore even in a palace a right life is possible.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • James Russell Lowell Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Gerald F. Lieberman Where there is life there is wishful thinking.
    Gerald F. Lieberman
    American writer
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Where there is love there is life.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Bryant H. McGill Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • Francis Picabia Wherever art appears, life disappears.
    Francis Picabia
    French painter and poet (1879 - 1953)
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  • John Ruskin Whether for life or death, do your own work well.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Ronald Laing Whether life is worth living depends on whether there is love in life.
    Ronald Laing
    unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist (1927 - 1989)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Benigno Aquino III While I accept that there are certain things about my private life that will always be of interest to the public, it would be better if you give the same amount of attention to issues that matter as well.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Bill Murray While I have felt lonely many times in my life, the oddest feeling of all was after my mother, Lucille, died. My father had already died, but I always had some attachment to our big family while she was alive. It seems strange to say now that I felt so lonely, yet I did.
    Bill Murray
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1950 - )
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero While there's life, there's hope.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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