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But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us. ↗

— Alan Watts

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One of the things that drives me crazy is the belief in Hollywood that bittorrent exists solely for stealing things. ↗

— Wil Wheaton

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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable. ↗

— Andre Gide

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Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence. ↗

— Edmond de Goncourt

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I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

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My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

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I know it is common nowadays for artists to start labels but this is a thoroughly constructed vehicle for inspired talent. This is a market that we've been living, breathing and eating for our entire lives - one where a huge void currently exists. Favored Nations is a long-term commitment. ↗

— Steve Vai

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To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level, not just having to be identified with what you do and what you say. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

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Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists. ↗

— Wietse Venema

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