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If I did not publish this autobiography [Les Mots] sooner and in its most radical form, it is because I considered it exaggerated.
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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I construct my memories with my present. I am lost, abandoned in the present. I try in vain to rejoin the past: I cannot escape.
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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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Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.
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To be responsible is to be the uncontested author of an event or thing.
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To choose not to choose is still to act.
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