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Quote by Aldous Huxley
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A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor. – Aldous Huxley

Other quotes by Aldous Huxley

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. – Aldous Huxley

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Religion
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Aldous Huxley
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It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged. – Aldous Huxley

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Murder
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Death
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The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour. – Bertrand Russell

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Death

Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death. – Taylor Caldwell

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Death

Lidia Bastianich, sorry, but kind of boring. I mean, I love Lidia, but you can fall asleep watching her. And Mario Batali? I love Mario to death… but hes not romantic or sensual. Those are the things I bring to the table. – Giada De Laurentiis

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Death

I just dont get death at all. Yes, its there. But I dont get it. – Manolo Blahnik

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Death

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Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits. – William Hazlitt

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I hope I left behind a legacy that people will enjoy. But whatever they want to say, I cant predict. – Robert Duvall

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