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Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Age: 74 †
Born: 1905
Born: January 1
Died: 1980
Died: January 1
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Atheism is a cruel long term business, and I have gone through it to the end.
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