#died

My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of my other friends have had cancer but survived it. ↗

— Arabella Weir

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At the end of the day, there is no doubt that the unique spirit embodied by this country has worked, not just to make the world safer, but to make it better. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

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I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel the world. I studied Eastern philosophy, and I've grown as a person so much. ↗

— Ricky Williams

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Christ died to save this lost world; he did not come to destroy, maim or pour out wrath. ↗

— David Wilkerson

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My father died during open-heart surgery on March 29 of my senior year in college. I was getting set to go to law school. I remember sitting in the waiting room when the doctor walked in. I said to myself, The worst possible thing just happened. What will you do? ↗

— Steve Wynn

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When Michael died I was tipped over the edge. I was beyond grief. ↗

— Paula Yates

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America is not a place. America is an idea that died along with my grandfather. And I’m sorry to say that I shot them both. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

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Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

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Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me. ↗

— Alan Ladd

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I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace. ↗

— Edward Lear

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