Quote by Polly Toynbee
People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too

People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death. – Polly Toynbee

Other quotes by Polly Toynbee

Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge. – Polly Toynbee

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Happiness
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There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious. – Polly Toynbee

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Religion
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Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying. – Polly Toynbee

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When we play Angel of Death, its actually a 2 and half minutes sing til our party starts. That song is pretty much been played traditionally in the end. – Kerry King

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I like to behave in an extremely normal, wholesome manner for the most part in my daily life. Even if mentally Im consumed with sick visions of violence, terror, sex and death. – Courtney Love

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Death

If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master. – Michelangelo

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The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people. – Stanislav Grof

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