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Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or ignore it. Either way, we are still responsible.
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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Be quiet! Anyone can spit in my face, and call me a criminal and a prostitute. But no one has the right to judge my remorse.
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Perception is naturally surpassed toward action better yet, it can be revealed only in and through projects of action. The world is revealed as an always future hollow, for we are always future to ourselves.
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I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati's.
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It is not a matter of indifference whether we like oysters or clams, snails or shrimp, if only we know how to unravel the existential significance of these foods.
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I do not understand! I understand nothing! I cannot understand nor do I want to understand! I want to believe! To Believe!
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Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
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[Contemporary writer] could be a kind of [Samuel] Beckett who would not be felt to be totally committed to despair.
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