#existence

At the end of time I want my art to stand up and my soul to bow down. ↗

— Rob Ryser

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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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For the word is dialectical in itself and at the same time is integrated into the whole of existence. By this I mean that the word is intended to be lived. ↗

— Jacques Ellul

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Everything but a life can be replaced. ↗

— Marty Rubin

#importance-of-existence #life #death

Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia. ↗

— Daniel H. Hill

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The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be acceptable as a volunteer; when conscription followed I was too old to be conscripted. ↗

— Laurence Housman

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You know, you really do choose your existence in a way. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

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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

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Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence. ↗

— John Searle

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According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one condition of existence to another. ↗

— Ernst Mayr

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