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I don't crave publicity, you know.

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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
Composer
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Pathologist
Physician
Politician
Pontiac
Michigan
Dr. Death
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I always said all my life, if I wasn't born and they gave me the question, I'd say, I don't want to be born.
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My aim in helping the patient was not to cause death. My aim was to end suffering. It's got to be decriminalized.
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My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.
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The Jews were gassed. Armenians were killed in every conceivable way... So the Holocaust doesn't interest me, see? They've had a lot of publicity, but they didn't suffer as much.
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I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.
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I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
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The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal.
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Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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I have no regrets, none whatsoever.
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What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't. There are some I'm fairly close with... we talk.
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I don't enjoy good food. I don't enjoy flashy cars. I don't care if I live in a dump. I don't enjoy good clothes. This is the best I've dressed in months.
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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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I suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I'm a killer.
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Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.
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When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
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The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right.
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I'm not lying to myself like most people.
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In quixotically trying to conquer death doctors all too frequently do no good for their patients' ease but at the same time they do harm instead by prolonging and even magnifying patients' dis-ease.
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