#existence

I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence. ↗

— Theodore Dreiser

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When I was planning Family Viewing, the Ontario Film Development Corporation came into existence. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

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We have spoken of beings so low in the scale that the individuals throughout their whole existence are not sufficiently specialized to be distinctively plant or animal: yet these are definite life in simpler shape. ↗

— Asa Gray

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It does not seem to me to be sufficiently recognized everywhere among the officials that the existence or non-existence of our people and Empire is at stake. ↗

— Paul von Hindenburg

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I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory. ↗

— Lucy Lawless

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Playing a fashion designer could be the bane of my existence because I am married to a fashion designer. ↗

— Lori Loughlin

#bane #because #could #designer #existence

There cannot be peaceful coexistence in the ideological realm. Peaceful coexistence corrupts. ↗

— Jiang Qing

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I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence. ↗

— Robert Burns

#armour #defensive #existence #favourite #i

I'm not sure how aware of the rest of the world I am. I live a rather sheltered existence. ↗

— Julian Clary

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In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part. ↗

— Jeremy Collier

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