You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
Interpretation
Life is experienced twice: at birth and when confronting death.
This quote by Ian Fleming suggests that human life is defined by two significant moments: the first is the moment of birth, which introduces us to existence, and the second is the profound moment when one confronts their own mortality. It emphasizes the depth of living and the understanding that true life involves awareness of life's fragility and the acceptance of its end.
In practice
During a graduation speech to encourage students to embrace life fully.
Above all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a servant and not a master. Luck had to be accepted with a shrug or taken advantage of up to the hilt. But it had to be understood and recognized for what it was and not confused with a faulty appreciation of the odds, for, at gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck. And luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared
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And don't get hurt,' [Dexter] added. 'There's no one to help you up there. And don't go stirring up a lot of trouble for us. This case isn't ripe yet. Until it is, our policy with Mr Big is 'live and let live'.' Bond looked quizzically at Captain Dexter In my job,' he said, 'when I come up against a man like this one, I have another motto. It's 'live and let die'.
If you interrupt the writing of fast narrative with too much introspection and self-criticism, you will be lucky if you write 500 words a day and you will be disgusted with them into the bargain. By following my formula, you write 2,000 words a day and you aren’t disgusted with them until the book is finished, which will be in about six weeks.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
And what’s he then that says I play the villain?
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