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Before you come alive, life is nothing it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.

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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