We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings …

Kurt Vonnegut
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We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2016). If This Isn't Nice What Is? (Much) Expanded Second Edition: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live By, p.131, RosettaBooks
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We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2016). If This Isn't Nice What Is? (Much) Expanded Second Edition: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live By, p.131, RosettaBooks

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