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Committing Quotes (page 13)

Chris Hedges quote: "There are always people willing to commit unspeakable human..."
There are always people willing to commit unspeakable human atrocity in exchange for a little power and privilege. Chris Hedges
Molly Ivins quote: "I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching..."
I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off. Molly Ivins
The law which attempts a man's life [capital punishment] is impractical, unjust, inadmissible. It has never repressed crime--for a second crime is every day committed at the foot of the scaffold. Marquis de Sade
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You..."
Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you want before you commit. Elizabeth Gilbert
To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a gravitation. Victor Hugo
sense of futility that comes from doing anything merely to prove to yourself that you can do it: having a child, climbing a mountain, making some sexual conquest, committing suicide.The marathon is a form of demonstrative suicide, suicide as advertising: it is running to show you are capable of getting every last drop of energy out of yourself, to prove i? to prove what? That you are capable of finishing. Graffiti carry the same message. They simply say: ?m so-and-so and I exist! They are... Jean Baudrillard
Salman Rushdie quote: "Sometimes, people trying to commit suicide manage it in a..."
Sometimes, people trying to commit suicide manage it in a manner that leaves them breathless with astonishment. Salman Rushdie
Vincent Van Gogh quote: "It's better to have a gay life of it than to commit suicide."
It's better to have a gay life of it than to commit suicide. Vincent Van Gogh
J. K. Rowling quote: "I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for."
I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for. J. K. Rowling
Dante Alighieri quote: "I felt for the tormented whirlwinds. Damned for their carnal..."
I felt for the tormented whirlwinds. Damned for their carnal sins. Committed when they let their passions rule their reason. Dante Alighieri
Except for cases that clearly involve a homicidal maniac, the police like to believe murders are committed by those we know and love, and most of the time they're right - a chilling thought when you sit down to dinner with a family of five. All those potential killers passing their plates. Sue Grafton
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming up of themselves like grass. Yet regardless of where they come from, I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them -- with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed on, with their smell and their weight and with their possession in my arms, captured and carried off to myself. Still illiterate, I was ready... Eudora Welty
You'd think, 'What if I make a mistake today, I'll regret it'. I don’t believe in regret, I feel everything leads us to where we are and we have to just jump forward, mean well, commit and just see what happens. Angelina Jolie
Simple. I got very bored and depressed, so I went and plugged myself in to its external computer feed. I talked to the computer at great length and explained my view of the Universe to it," said Marvin."And what happened?" pressed Ford."It committed suicide," said Marvin and stalked off back to the Heart of Gold. Douglas Adams
Life is more worth living, more full of interest when you are likely to lose it. It shouldn't be, perhaps, but it is. When you're young and strong and healthy, and life stretches ahead of you, living isn't really important at all. It's young people who commit suicide easily, out of despair from love, sometimes from sheer anxiety and worry. But old people know how valuable life is and how interesting. - Jane Marple Agatha Christie

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