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It’s hard when you’re dealing with life or death. You’re trying to move [vulnerable orphans] and you can’t get the system to allow you to help. – Said Thompson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We are literally begging Ukrainians to chaperone these children [safely] so we do this legally, it’s hard when you’re dealing with life or death. You’re trying to move [vulnerable orphans] and you can’t get the system to allow you to help. – Said Thompson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I shot Ahmaud Arbery, ahmaud Arbery had my gun, Ahmaud Arbery struck me, it was obvious... that Ahmaud Arbery was attacking me, that if Ahmaud Arbery would have gotten the shotgun from me, then it was a life or death situation. – Travis McMichael	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I shot him, he had my gun, he struck me. It was obvious that he was attacking me ; that if he would have got the shotgun from me, then it was, this is a life-or-death situation. And I'm gon na have to stop him from doing this, so I shot. – Travis McMichael	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It’s literally a life or death bill, i would like to believe that people could step away from some oath to the right wing of their party. – Gyl Switzer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This has nothing to do with academics anymore, this is a life or death situation and that's why I'm mad. They put my child's life at risk and there's really no other way to put it. – Frederick DeCoster	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Thankfully for me it wasn't life or death. – Daniel Dae Kim	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I have said I will meet with Republicans or Democrats because we need to prevent these senseless deaths, the only person who has called me is Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. This isn't about a political endorsement for me. This is about a life or death issue. – Quinn Nystrom	Found on CNN 4 years ago
This the end game for Hong Kong, it is a matter of life or death. That's why I come, this is an evil law. – Rocky Chang	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It is a serious life or death threat for American Jews, i feel a sense of loss, for what it used to be like for American Jews here. – Carly Pildis	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Our industry supports more than 18 million U.S. jobs – but raising tariffs will be disastrous, the tariffs already in place have cost the American technology sector about $1 billion more a month since October. That can be life or death for small businesses and startups that can't absorb the added costs. – Gary Shapiro	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The flooding is completely different in that this is now a matter of life or death. – Caroline Haga	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The difference in the sea level rise of the rate of warming between 1.5 and 2 degrees [ celsius ] would literally be life or death for them. – Christopher Smith	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It was life or death, those betting against the company were right by all conventional standards that we would fail. But they just did not count on this unconventional situation of creating an assembly line in a parking lot in a tent. – Elon Musk	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We have to realize that the environmental impacts of the industry aren't a partisan issue, they're a matter of life or death. – Nick Mullins	Found on CNN 5 years ago
As a founder, I can say that WPP is not just a matter of life or death, it was, is and will be more important than that, good fortune and Godspeed to all of you. Now back to the future. – Martin Sorrell	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
And so with his throat closing up, we're making decisions like, 'OK, we have to do this because this is life or death,'. – Chelsia Calvert	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It was really kind of life or death. My kidneys were just done. That was it and I did n’t want to ask a single person in my life. That was the day I came home and she volunteered, she did it. – Francia Raisa	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
In the often-dangerous law enforcement arena, being able to immediately identify yourself as law enforcement may be a life-or-death issue. – Sarah Rodriguez	Found on CNN 7 years ago
It is the universally recognized term for law enforcement and our personnel routinely interact with individuals from around the world, in the often dangerous law enforcement arena, being able to immediately identify yourself as law enforcement may be a life-or-death issue. – Sarah Rodriguez	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The seal of Judean King was so important. It could have been a matter of life or death, so it's hard to believe that anyone else had the permission to use the seal, therefore, it's very reasonable to assume we are talking about an impression made by Judean King Judean King, using Judean King own ring. – Eilat Mazar	Found on CNN 8 years ago
If successful, Walter Energy will force many retirees into making life or death decisions about getting needed health care or buying food, nobody gave them their health care and pension benefits - they earned them. – United Mine Workers of America	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It was a question of life or death there, not only for us in particular but for the whole population. – Songhoy Blues singer	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Law enforcement officers all across the nation deal with split-second decisions that mean life or death. I wanted to be absolutely sure before I used deadly force. – Officer Jesse Kidder	Found on CNN 9 years ago

It’s hard when you’re dealing with life or death. You’re trying to move [vulnerable orphans] and you can’t get the system to allow you to help.

– Said Thompson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We are literally begging Ukrainians to chaperone these children [safely] so we do this legally, it’s hard when you’re dealing with life or death. You’re trying to move [vulnerable orphans] and you can’t get the system to allow you to help.

– Said Thompson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I shot Ahmaud Arbery, ahmaud Arbery had my gun, Ahmaud Arbery struck me, it was obvious... that Ahmaud Arbery was attacking me, that if Ahmaud Arbery would have gotten the shotgun from me, then it was a life or death situation.

– Travis McMichael

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I shot him, he had my gun, he struck me. It was obvious that he was attacking me ; that if he would have got the shotgun from me, then it was, this is a life-or-death situation. And I'm gon na have to stop him from doing this, so I shot.

– Travis McMichael

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s literally a life or death bill, i would like to believe that people could step away from some oath to the right wing of their party.

– Gyl Switzer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This has nothing to do with academics anymore, this is a life or death situation and that's why I'm mad. They put my child's life at risk and there's really no other way to put it.

– Frederick DeCoster

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Thankfully for me it wasn't life or death.

– Daniel Dae Kim

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I have said I will meet with Republicans or Democrats because we need to prevent these senseless deaths, the only person who has called me is Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. This isn't about a political endorsement for me. This is about a life or death issue.

– Quinn Nystrom

Found on CNN
4 years ago

This the end game for Hong Kong, it is a matter of life or death. That's why I come, this is an evil law.

– Rocky Chang

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It is a serious life or death threat for American Jews, i feel a sense of loss, for what it used to be like for American Jews here.

– Carly Pildis

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Our industry supports more than 18 million U.S. jobs – but raising tariffs will be disastrous, the tariffs already in place have cost the American technology sector about $1 billion more a month since October. That can be life or death for small businesses and startups that can't absorb the added costs.

– Gary Shapiro

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The flooding is completely different in that this is now a matter of life or death.

– Caroline Haga

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The difference in the sea level rise of the rate of warming between 1.5 and 2 degrees [ celsius ] would literally be life or death for them.

– Christopher Smith

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It was life or death, those betting against the company were right by all conventional standards that we would fail. But they just did not count on this unconventional situation of creating an assembly line in a parking lot in a tent.

– Elon Musk

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We have to realize that the environmental impacts of the industry aren't a partisan issue, they're a matter of life or death.

– Nick Mullins

Found on CNN
5 years ago

As a founder, I can say that WPP is not just a matter of life or death, it was, is and will be more important than that, good fortune and Godspeed to all of you. Now back to the future.

– Martin Sorrell

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

And so with his throat closing up, we're making decisions like, 'OK, we have to do this because this is life or death,'.

– Chelsia Calvert

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It was really kind of life or death. My kidneys were just done. That was it and I did n’t want to ask a single person in my life. That was the day I came home and she volunteered, she did it.

– Francia Raisa

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

In the often-dangerous law enforcement arena, being able to immediately identify yourself as law enforcement may be a life-or-death issue.

– Sarah Rodriguez

Found on CNN
7 years ago

It is the universally recognized term for law enforcement and our personnel routinely interact with individuals from around the world, in the often dangerous law enforcement arena, being able to immediately identify yourself as law enforcement may be a life-or-death issue.

– Sarah Rodriguez

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The seal of Judean King was so important. It could have been a matter of life or death, so it's hard to believe that anyone else had the permission to use the seal, therefore, it's very reasonable to assume we are talking about an impression made by Judean King Judean King, using Judean King own ring.

– Eilat Mazar

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If successful, Walter Energy will force many retirees into making life or death decisions about getting needed health care or buying food, nobody gave them their health care and pension benefits - they earned them.

– United Mine Workers of America

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was a question of life or death there, not only for us in particular but for the whole population.

– Songhoy Blues singer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Law enforcement officers all across the nation deal with split-second decisions that mean life or death. I wanted to be absolutely sure before I used deadly force.

– Officer Jesse Kidder

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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