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The best moment of love is when the lover leaves in the taxi.

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Michel Foucault
Age: 57 †
Born: 1926
Born: October 15
Died: 1984
Died: June 26
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Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable.
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Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same: leave it to our bureaucrats and our police to see that our papers are in order. At least spare us their morality when we write.
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