Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

Allen Saunders

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Being present Nature of life Life

Author

Allen Saunders

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Definition

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

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United States

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Citation

Saunders, Allen. Quoted in Reader's Digest. Jan. 1957.

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Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

Mae West

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Too much of a good thing

Author

Mae West
Language
English
Time
1959 1950s 20th century
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Citation

West, Mae. Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It: The Autobiography of Mae West. Prentice Hall, 1959, ch. 21.

Another quote about Life

Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The Portable Atheist

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Living life to the fullest Life and death Life Death

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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How (and Why) I Became an Infidel The Portable Atheist
Medium
Essay
Genre
Religious literature
Language
English
Time
2007 2000s 21st century
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Citation

Hirsi Ali, Ayaan. "How (and Why) I Became an Infidel." The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever, edited by Christopher Hitchens. Da Capo Press, 2007, ch. 47.

Another quote of the following type Definition

Man is a creature that can get used to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The House of the Dead

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Adaptability Nature of man

Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Source
The House of the Dead
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Записки из Мёртвого дома [The House of the Dead]." Vremya, 1860-1862.

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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The House of the Dead, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 1986.