If there wasn't death, I think you couldn't go on.

Stevie Smith

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Topic

Immortality Death

Author

Stevie Smith

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Smith, Stevie. Observer. 9 Nov. 1969.

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1962 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Harrington, Michael. The Other America: Poverty in the United States. Macmillan Publishing Company, 1962, ch. 4.

Another quote about Death

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Steve Jobs

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Following your heart Taking risks Death
Speaker
Steve Jobs
Source
2005 Stanford commencement address
Medium
Speech
Genre
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Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
2005 2000s 21st century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Jobs, Steve. Stanford Commencement Address. 12 June 2005, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

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I am condemned to be free.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Author

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Source
Being and Nothingness
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
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Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Le etre et le neant: Essai d'ontologie phenomenologique [Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology]. Librairie Gallimard, 1943, pt. 4, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Being and Nothingness, translated by Sarah Richmond. Washington Square Press, 2021, pt. 4, ch. 1.