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Existence is an imperfection.
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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I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing.
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In wanting freedom we discover that it depends entirely on the freedom of others, and that the freedom of others depends on ours. . . I am obliged to want others to have freedom at the same time that I want my own freedom. I can take freedom as my goal only if I take that of others as a goal as well.
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The form [of literature] matters little to me, classical or not.
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I have such a desire to sleep and am so much behind my sleep. A good night, one good night and all this nonsense will be swept away.
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As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
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The characteristic of every neurosis is to represent itself as natural.
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As for me, I am mean: that means that I need the suffering of others to exist. A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am all alone, I am extinguished.
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In Guinea I could read [Franz] Kafka. I re-discover in him my own discomfort.
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All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.
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We must act out passion before we can feel it.
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At that time [1954], as a result of political events, I was deeply preoccupied by my relations with the Communist Party.
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