"Afraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn't have to talk to you."
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"I did try when I wasn't doing the singing to do as much comedy as I could because I thought with Comic Relief you are duty bound to anyway."
"Now that Iran's actions have been verified, it can begin to receive relief from certain nuclear sanctions and gain access to its own money that had been frozen."
"There is relief coming. This is good for America. This means that we can lift the oppressive weight of the regulatory state. We can restore the Constitution."
"Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views, and boldest action to bring it speedy relief."
"Entertainment provides relief. Art provokes engagement."
"It was a relief to be able to do my own band, because I was very responsible for all this amazing music I didn't want to mess up before."
"It seems to be the easiest thing in the world these days to make scurrilous accusations against Muslims, and in my case it directly impacts on my relief work and damages my reputation as an artist. The harm done is often difficult to repair."
"I'm an incredibly negative person, so any form of success is only ever going to be a relief to me and set my default position back to neutral."
"It's amazing how relaxing it is not to claim you know more than you do. I'm surprised that those who claim to speak in the name of god don't take more advantage of this relief."
"If I had to define life in a single phrase, I should clearly express my thought of throwing into relief one characteristic which, in my opinion, sharply differentiates biological science. I should say: life is creation."
"I never took pleasure in seeing a bull die. Relief, but certainly not pleasure."
"Having chicks around is the kind of thing that breaks up the intense training. It gives you relief, and then afterward you go back to the serious stuff."
"It is wonderful to hear of the relief efforts that are finally coming to New Orleans and the rest of the region, but as well all know, it is simply not going to be enough."
"Old age brings along with its uglinesses the comfort that you will soon be out of it, - which ought to be a substantial relief to such discontented pendulums as we are."
"The relief of enemies has a tendency to unite mankind in fraternal affection."
"Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power."
"No one has a right to obstruct another exercising his faculties innocently for the relief of sensibilities made a part of his nature."
"Democrats are ready, willing, and able to provide regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions."
"Truth is, it's a relief to finally put my life in the hands of someone I trust."