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Once freedom lights its beacon in man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.
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 I did not publish this autobiography [Les Mots] sooner and in its most radical form, it is because I considered it exaggerated.
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When I can't see myself in the mirror, I can't even feel myself, and I begin to wonder if I exist at all.
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Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them.
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