It's an elementary pleasure, a madeleine moment that validates my existence at this time, year after year.
One, a world champion who says that Scrabble "validates my existence," is a walking Merck Manual, with asthma, food allergies, postnasal drip, lactose intolerance, a touchy esophagus and a tendency to belch uncontrollably.
I was desperate for a cause of some sort to validate my existence, so the day I saw a local member of the Garda trying to catch a runaway horse, I jumped at the chance to help out.
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These films validate my existence and in doing so they provide more than just comfort.
It can, for instance, liberate me from an obsession with achievement and success to validate my existence.
But I was willing to risk that for the chance to finally be part of a community and in so doing, validate my existence.
I've been moving my life forward not putting it on hold waiting for a man to come my way and validate my existence.
There was hardly a greater high to validate my existence than racing through 30 Rock with videotape for the network satellite player.
When I got the email that told me I was able to finally, finally return to the country that validates my existence as a human being, it felt incredible.
Please tell me how fabulous I am so I can validate my existence!" Of course, the "fabulous" is all an illusion that is impossible to live up to, and so the complaint posts riddled with "FML," etc. begin and the cycle continues.
