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Life is but a story told at one's funeral

Life is but a story told at one’s funeral
– Charles Slamowitz

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  26. Directing a funeral isn’t about death at all. Funerals are for the living, not the dead. – Rebecca McNutt
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  37. I was dead, and I hadn’t even been able to attend my own funeral. – Meg Cabot
  38. You still are? There go my plans! And the suit I had bought to attend your funeral. Well, well. Anyway, do call me up when you an’t. – Fakeer Ishavardas
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