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We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.
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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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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God is the solitude of men. There was only me: I alone decided to commit Evil alone, I invented Good. I am the one who cheated, I am the one who performed miracles, I am the one accusing myself today, I alone can absolve myself me, the man.
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I had spent my time counterfeiting eternity.
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It's just what people do when they're getting old, when they're sick of themselves and their life they think of money and take care of themselves.
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You take souls for vegetables.... The gardener can decide what will become of his carrots but no one can choose the good of others for them.
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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.
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