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Quote by Ivan Illich
At the moment of death I hope to be surprised. - Ivan Illich

At the moment of death I hope to be surprised. – Ivan Illich

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Effective health care depends on self-care this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery. – Ivan Illich

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Health
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Ivan Illich
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The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts. – Ivan Illich

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Attitude
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When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits. – Allen Klein

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He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world. – Horace

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I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death. – A. N. Wilson

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Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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