Life Quotes

The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.

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"Life is a temporary condition; make use of it."
Christopher Hitchens
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"The hardest part of war reporting is coming home and feeling normal."
Marie Colvin
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"I've learned that home is where the story is."
Marie Colvin
"The perfect way to describe my life would be a low-rent version of the American Dream."
Hunter S. Thompson
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"The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask yourself."
Fareed Zakaria
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"We are shaped by the choices we make every single day."
Fareed Zakaria
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"We are shaped by our culture, but we are not determined by it."
Fareed Zakaria
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"Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind."
Walter Matthau
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"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."
Walter Matthau
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"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."
Walter Matthau
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"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."
Walter Matthau
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"Your life is your message to the world."
Walter Matthau
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"The greatest tragedy is not death but a life unlived."
Tom Wolfe
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"In the end, we are judged not by our words but by our witness."
Tom Wolfe
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"Life is what you make it."
Larry King
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"Life teaches us daily."
Larry King
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"Life is what we make it."
Rachel Maddow
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"Life demands our full attention."
Rachel Maddow
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"The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the over-examined life can be paralyzing."
Christopher Hitchens
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"The beautiful thing about atheism is that there is no final exam, no eternal consequences, just this life."
Christopher Hitchens
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"To live is to choose, and to choose is to exclude other possibilities."
Christopher Hitchens
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"Life is like a box of cigars - you never know what you're going to get until you open it."
Walter Matthau
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"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Walter Matthau
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"A life well-lived is a life spent helping others see."
James Foley
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"To live fully is to live for something larger than yourself."
James Foley
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"To find meaning, find what breaks your heart and fix it."
James Foley
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"To live is to witness. To witness is to be responsible."
James Foley
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"Life has dealt me many interesting hands."
Larry King
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"Life teaches you lessons if you're paying attention."
Larry King
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"I believe in living in the moment."
Larry King