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“But it's a stigmatized problem, and it's a silent problem. This has to end. Suicide is not just a personal tragedy, it's a key issue of public policy and facing up to it requires political will.”

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Author:Bob Rae

“I am truly amazed that after all this time, religious groups still need to attack entertainment and use these tragedies as a pitiful excuse for their own self-serving publicity. In response to their protests, I will provide a show where I balance my songs with a wholesome Bible reading. This way, fans will not only hear my so-called, violent point of view, but we can also examine the virtues of wonderful 'Christian' stories of disease, murder, adultery, suicide and child sacrifice. Now that seems like 'entertainment' to me.”

“The vagaries of the industry and show business itself would not lead one to conclude a lengthy career - because things change. Popularities come and go. The tragedy of it is that somebody like Robin Williams should suffer from that, and be driven to commit suicide. If ever there was an untimely, unfair death, it was him.”

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Author:Chris Stein

“I perform regularly with a theater company called Outside the Wire who take performances of Greek tragedy to American-military audiences around the world to create discussion about PTSD and soldier suicide. It's one of the greatest things I've ever been asked to do as an actor.”

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Author:Bryce Pinkham

“Actually, it was only part of myself I wanted to kill: the part that wanted to kill herself, that dragged me into the suicide debate and made every window, kitchen implement, and subway station a rehearsal for tragedy.”

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Book:Girl, Interrupted

Source: Girl, Interrupted

“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.”

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Author:Mel Brooks

“A lot of you cared, just not enough.”

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Book:Thirteen Reasons Why

Source: Thirteen Reasons Why

“Suicide is not a blot on anyone’s name; it is a tragedy”

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Author:Kay Redfield Jamison

“The tragedy is that women so committed to survival cannot recognize that they are committing suicide.”

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Book:Right-wing women: the politics of domesticated females

Source: Right-wing women: the politics of domesticated females

“There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together and asked if any of them could suggest a reason for the tragedy. After a long silence a small boy in the front put up his hand: 'Could it have been the food, sir?”

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Author:Auberon Waugh

“When your first marriage goes into tragedy, you become very battle-scarred... I even thought of suicide. Luckily, I had known some happy marriages.”

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Author:Paul Engle

“How does a person deal with all the heartache and tragedy that fills their life without becoming insane or committing suicide?”

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Author:Kilroy J Oldster

“This is the shape of the love I offer you. —Theatre”

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Author:FinPoet