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Cormac McCarthy Novelist, Screenwriter
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"Every man's death is standing in for every other. And since death comes to all there is no way to abate the fear of it except to love the man who stands for us."

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"Those who are well assured of their own standing are least apt to trespass on that of others, whereas nothing is so offensive as the aspirings of vulgarity which thinks to elevate itself by humiliating its neighbor."

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Jo Brand Comedian, Writer
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"I don't like doing stand-up, because I don't like standing up."

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Mira Grant Author
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"We were the ones on scene when everything went down. We weren't better. We weren't worse. We were just the ones standing in the blast radius."

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Mira Grant Author
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"Blood is one thing, but that’s not all that goes into family. The family you choose is the family that really matters. They’re the ones who’ll keep you standing."

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