“To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time.
That's better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life
while you're living.”
Source: Tuesdays with Morrie
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Daybreak http://books.google.com/books?id=Imte1JcsQ64C&q=%22You+don't+get+to+choose+how+you're+going+to+die+Or+when+You+can+only+decide+how+you're+going+to+live+Now%22&pg=PA135#v=onepage (1968)
Variant or paraphrase: You can't decide how you're going to die. Or when. What you can decide is how you're going to live now.

“Always knowing you're going to die
And until then knowing you've got to live.”
Source: See A Grown Man Cry/Now Watch Him Die

“Life is what you do while you're waiting to die.”
Fred Ebb, Zorba (1968)
Misattributed

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Sam Smith (February 17, 1998) "Making a Run From the Border", Chicago Tribune, p. 5.
“If you're not ready to die, then how can you live?”
Svaha (2000), p. 265