We Have to Continually Be Jumping Off Cliffs and Developing Our Wings on the Way Down

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"We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down."

― Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young

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