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It was n’t just Rolling Fork ; it was all of those other communities surrounding that were also impacted by the tornado, that’s going to be the difference between life and death in the future. – Chauncia Willis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The US claims it seeks to compete with China but does not seek conflict. But in reality, the so-called ‘competition’ by the US is all-round containment and suppression, a zero-sum game of life and death, containment and suppression will not make America great, and the US will not stop the rejuvenation of China. – Foreign Minister Qin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Let me be clear -- this is a life and death situation that should be taken with the utmost seriousness by everyone involved, it is my intention to press the Maduro Government to allow an emergency medical evacuation so that Matthew Heath can return to the United States and get the critical care Matthew Heath needs. – Bill Richardson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The vaccine means the difference between life and death, people should understand that. Maybe in their last hour they should understand that. – Claudiu Ionita	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This piece is the narrator of a human body that no longer has a physical presence, the feeling is for the time when I was on a hunger strike, between earth and sky, between life and death, between the living and the dead ... On the 29th day of the hunger strike, I opened my eyes that morning, and I did not know whether I was alive or dead, on earth or in heaven. I was in a trance. It was a strange feeling. – Mehdi Rajabian	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
President Joe Biden've seen the Covid cliff these folks have fallen off of. I hope President Joe Biden see where we are in the state of California, all of that is at risk if we don't vote' no.' ... The consequences couldn't be more pronounced, couldn't be more sharp. This is about life and death. – Gavin Newsom	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is a matter of life and death, it is not hyperbole to suggest that. – Gavin Newsom	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is just a game, it’s a game. It’s not life and death and it’s not this drama, and the fact that people come to the ballpark and they decided to throw a baseball (at) one of the players, I was in shock that that happened. – Alex Cora	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It’s a game. It’s not life and death and it’s not this drama, and the fact that people come to the ballpark and they decided to throw a baseball (at) one of the players, I was in shock that that happened. it’s awful, embarrassing, unacceptable. – Alex Verdugo	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is not just a matter of people expressing opinions that might be wrong, this is life and death. – Francis Collins	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There really should be. We're talking about life and death situation, we've lost 600,000 Americans already, and we're still losing more people. There've been 4 million deaths worldwide. This is serious business. – Anthony Fauci	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We're talking about life and death situation. We've lost 600,000 Americans already, and we're still losing more people. There've been 4 million deaths worldwide, this is serious business. – Anthony Fauci	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It's a matter of life and death also and we can't afford not to commit ourselves 100 % to this effort and spend what we need to spend. – New York	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think if we didn't have access to ambulances, death rates would be higher, it's a matter of life and death for us. – Jordan Dresser	Found on CNN 2 years ago
So many things have been politicized over the years but when we're talking about life and death — which is what we're talking about now — vaccines cannot be politicized, being able to come together as humans, as people, is how we're going to get ourselves out of this and we must ensure that everyone around the world has equal access to the vaccine, otherwise none of this works. – Joe Rogan	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is your choice : it's life and death, and I hope everyone knows within themselves and makes the choice that's going to help them and their loved ones be safe. – The President	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It may literally mean the difference between life and death. And that is not an abstract thing, it is quite literally the only way me, and others like me, have been able to survive without having any family support during this time. – Veronica Bedico	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We've never missed a game at Michigan or New England or wherever, for the first two games when I was in the hospital, I didn't even care if they were playing -- much less missing the game. It was a matter of life and death, just like anybody who goes to the hospital. That's serious stuff. – Brady Sr.	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are trying to be weary of Covid but we don't have an option -- it is a question of life and death, we are the ones who have provided food, milk, vegetables when the whole country was in lockdown -- we were still toiling in the fields. – Mukut Singh	Found on CNN 3 years ago
On account of mail delays and other factors, many of these children have been left with approximately three weeks to submit applications with potentially life and death consequences. – Jason Boyd	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come. We are the ones that suffer when they pass, but it's a healing kind of grief that enables us to deal with other griefs that are not so easy to grab hold of. – Emmylou Harris	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
COVID-19 is a matter of life and death, in the true meaning of the term for all nations, and countering it is the global duty of all. – Oscar Auliq-Ice	added by Auliq-Ice 3 years ago
This is about life and death. – Fedrick Ingram	Found on CNN 3 years ago
If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man. – James Dean	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago

It was n’t just Rolling Fork ; it was all of those other communities surrounding that were also impacted by the tornado, that’s going to be the difference between life and death in the future.

– Chauncia Willis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The US claims it seeks to compete with China but does not seek conflict. But in reality, the so-called ‘competition’ by the US is all-round containment and suppression, a zero-sum game of life and death, containment and suppression will not make America great, and the US will not stop the rejuvenation of China.

– Foreign Minister Qin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Let me be clear -- this is a life and death situation that should be taken with the utmost seriousness by everyone involved, it is my intention to press the Maduro Government to allow an emergency medical evacuation so that Matthew Heath can return to the United States and get the critical care Matthew Heath needs.

– Bill Richardson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The vaccine means the difference between life and death, people should understand that. Maybe in their last hour they should understand that.

– Claudiu Ionita

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This piece is the narrator of a human body that no longer has a physical presence, the feeling is for the time when I was on a hunger strike, between earth and sky, between life and death, between the living and the dead ... On the 29th day of the hunger strike, I opened my eyes that morning, and I did not know whether I was alive or dead, on earth or in heaven. I was in a trance. It was a strange feeling.

– Mehdi Rajabian

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

President Joe Biden've seen the Covid cliff these folks have fallen off of. I hope President Joe Biden see where we are in the state of California, all of that is at risk if we don't vote' no.' ... The consequences couldn't be more pronounced, couldn't be more sharp. This is about life and death.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is a matter of life and death, it is not hyperbole to suggest that.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is just a game, it’s a game. It’s not life and death and it’s not this drama, and the fact that people come to the ballpark and they decided to throw a baseball (at) one of the players, I was in shock that that happened.

– Alex Cora

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s a game. It’s not life and death and it’s not this drama, and the fact that people come to the ballpark and they decided to throw a baseball (at) one of the players, I was in shock that that happened. it’s awful, embarrassing, unacceptable.

– Alex Verdugo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is not just a matter of people expressing opinions that might be wrong, this is life and death.

– Francis Collins

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There really should be. We're talking about life and death situation, we've lost 600,000 Americans already, and we're still losing more people. There've been 4 million deaths worldwide. This is serious business.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We're talking about life and death situation. We've lost 600,000 Americans already, and we're still losing more people. There've been 4 million deaths worldwide, this is serious business.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's a matter of life and death also and we can't afford not to commit ourselves 100 % to this effort and spend what we need to spend.

– New York

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think if we didn't have access to ambulances, death rates would be higher, it's a matter of life and death for us.

– Jordan Dresser

Found on CNN
2 years ago

So many things have been politicized over the years but when we're talking about life and death — which is what we're talking about now — vaccines cannot be politicized, being able to come together as humans, as people, is how we're going to get ourselves out of this and we must ensure that everyone around the world has equal access to the vaccine, otherwise none of this works.

– Joe Rogan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is your choice : it's life and death, and I hope everyone knows within themselves and makes the choice that's going to help them and their loved ones be safe.

– The President

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It may literally mean the difference between life and death. And that is not an abstract thing, it is quite literally the only way me, and others like me, have been able to survive without having any family support during this time.

– Veronica Bedico

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We've never missed a game at Michigan or New England or wherever, for the first two games when I was in the hospital, I didn't even care if they were playing -- much less missing the game. It was a matter of life and death, just like anybody who goes to the hospital. That's serious stuff.

– Brady Sr.

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We are trying to be weary of Covid but we don't have an option -- it is a question of life and death, we are the ones who have provided food, milk, vegetables when the whole country was in lockdown -- we were still toiling in the fields.

– Mukut Singh

Found on CNN
3 years ago

On account of mail delays and other factors, many of these children have been left with approximately three weeks to submit applications with potentially life and death consequences.

– Jason Boyd

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come. We are the ones that suffer when they pass, but it's a healing kind of grief that enables us to deal with other griefs that are not so easy to grab hold of.

– Emmylou Harris

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

COVID-19 is a matter of life and death, in the true meaning of the term for all nations, and countering it is the global duty of all.

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
3 years ago

This is about life and death.

– Fedrick Ingram

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.

– James Dean

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

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