The bottom line is: without consistent and continued effort, the lawn will never sprout, it can die or it can get overgrown with weeds.

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It's now or never, do or die.

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It is a drive that will never end until I die.

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Chatter about Facebook's demise never seems to die down, whether it's talk of "Facebook fatigue, " or grousing about how the social network lost its cool once grandma joined.

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When Brock Brower wrote an ingenious novel about the world of horror movies, he never knew it would become a vampire, refusing to die.

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When you've held a conversation with a man, briefed him on his mission, his objective and reminded him of the potential consequences during the actioning of it, only to hear he never returned, and did not die gracefully, though blessedly quickly, prayerfully painlessly... you do not breathe the same ever after.

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I've been here 53 years, and I never thought I would see this city completely die like it is now, but it's just about there.

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"We need a never-say-die attitude running right through the club, but it's getting that first win, " added Parkinson.

BBC: Charlton can stay up - Parkinson

By offering a television program that went behind-the-scenes to create compelling storylines, the NHL found a means to making its brand of hockey and the personalities within it accessible to die-hard fans, casual fans, and probably a good many who never even knew they could be interested in any of it.

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"Around 25% of Victorian men had syphilis and he may have had it too - we'll never know - but one thing that's almost certain is that he didn't die of it, " Mr Holland told BBC News Online.

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