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Hating someone is feeling irritation by their mere existence.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
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Jose Ortega y Gasset
Age: 72 †
Born: 1883
Born: May 9
Died: 1955
Died: October 18
Essayist
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The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities.
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