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Albert Brooks

When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then

Albert Brooks

Death

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Albert Brooks is reflecting on how, in his youth, he focused on short-term achievements and career goals, believing they would add up to something meaningful. Over time, he realized that all these efforts ultimately end in death, which is the final destination everything inevitably reaches.

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A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.