"The very word "exist" derives from "to step forth, to stand out"."

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Erik Naggum

#Steps Quotes #Standing Out Quotes

“The way to find what the mainstream will do tomorrow is to associate with the lunatic fringe today.”
“I hate women who complain about being fat when they're like a size 5. Anything under size 5 isn't a woman. It's a boy with breasts.”
“Deeply in love with you, I feel the keen pain of your absence.”
“A good argument diluted to avoid criticism is not nearly as good as the undiluted argument, because we best arrive at truth through a process of honest and vigorous debate. Arguments should not sneak around in disguise, as if dissent were somehow sinister... For it is bravery that is required to secure freedom.”
“Some beliefs are rigid, like the body of death, impotent in a changing world. Other beliefs are pliable, like the young sapling, ever growing with the upward thrust of life.”

Source : Sophia Blanche Lyon Fahs (1952). “Today's children and yesterday's heritage: a philosophy of creative religious development”
“I have one rule I live by: Only do what you can do. That neans you're never looking outside for what's popular; you're always looking inside for what's true.”
“The history of the world has been one not of conquest, as supposed; it has been one of ennui.”
“Forensics is eloquence and reduction.”

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