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I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing.
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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[Andre] Gide can say it to me: it is a writer's morality only addressed to a few privileged people. For that reason it no longer interests me.
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When one loves animals and children too much, one loves them against human beings.
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