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At birth man is offered only one choice --the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by distaste for his own existence, his life will never have been more than meaningless.
Jean-Pierre Melville
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Jean-Pierre Melville
Age: 55 †
Born: 1917
Born: October 20
Died: 1973
Died: August 2
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9th arrondissement
Paris
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