#exist

Now is the only thing that exists. ↗

— Dan Fogelberg

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A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied. And it is not true that the recognition of the freedom of others limits my own freedom: to be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future; the existence of others as a freedom defines my situation and is even the condition of my own freedom. I am oppressed if I am thrown into prison, but not if I am kept from throwing my neighbor into prison. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

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Nature is a collective idea, and, though its essence exist in each individual of the species, can never in its perfection inhabit a single object. ↗

— Henry Fuseli

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten. ↗

— Indira Gandhi

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In fact, the class divide in the black community is now seen by some as a permanent aspect of our existence. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music. ↗

— Barry Gibb

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One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that. ↗

— Ira Glass

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For a long time, we've worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of existing small telescopes or even amateur telescopes. It's time to move on to the next stage. ↗

— Andrew Gould

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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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