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Man is what he wills himself to be.
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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As long as the writer cannot write for the two billion men who are hungry, he will be oppressed by a feeling of malaise.
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I had spent my time counterfeiting eternity.
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The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.
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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
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