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Intellectuals cannot be good revolutionaries they are just good enough to be assassins.
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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Why do you keep maintaining your ideas are right if you can't prove them?
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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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