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The lad who dreams of being a boxing champion or an admiral chooses reality. If the writer chooses the imaginary, he confuses the two.
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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That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
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In Guinea I could read [Franz] Kafka. I re-discover in him my own discomfort.
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Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.
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