I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

Woody Allen

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Topic

Immortality through art Artistic legacy Immortality Death

Speaker

Woody Allen

Source

On Being Funny: Woody Allen and His Comedy

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Comedian Film director

From

United States

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Citation

Allen, Woody. Quoted in On Being Funny: Woody Allen and Comedy, written by Eric Lax. Charterhouse, 1975.

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Another quote from the 1970s

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

Margaret Atwood

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Topic
Locus of control

Author

Margaret Atwood
Source
Surfacing
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1972 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Atwood, Margaret. Surfacing. McClelland and Stewart, 1972, ch. 27.

Another quote about Death

Death is the side of life which is turned away from us.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Topic
Mystery of death Death

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke
Medium
Letter
Language
German
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letter to Witold von Hulewicz. 13 Nov. 1925.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1910-1926, translated by Jane Bannard Greene and M. D. Herter Norton. W. W. Norton & Company, 1969.