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Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.
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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If you are not already dead, forgive. Rancor is heavy, it is worldly leave it on earth: die light.
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