#existence

Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are few existences. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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Most people have stereo vision, so why belittle that very, very important element of our existence? ↗

— Martin Scorsese

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The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. ↗

— Madame de Stael

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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation. ↗

— Walter Scott

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We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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I think everyone has some fascination with what's outside our existence. It's a constant journey to find the truth. ↗

— Nicholas Lea

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Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America. ↗

— Louis Leakey

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It's interesting that people throughout the existence of the web have been concerned about monopolies. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

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