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There are so many problems. Women can go to work on these as well without giving up their feminism.
Simone de Beauvoir
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Simone de Beauvoir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1908
Born: January 9
Died: 1986
Died: April 14
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Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir
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Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir
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All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.
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That a whole part of the middle class detests me... is utterly normal. I would be troubled if the contrary were true.
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To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.
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To create a language all of a piece which would be a women's language, that I find quite insane. There does not exist a mathematics which is only a women's mathematics, or a feminine science.
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When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.
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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the revelation of our age should come to us from outside --from others. We do not accept it willingly.
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I don't want to be just another blade of grass.
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To be a woman, if not a defect, is at least a peculiarity.
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History is a great cemetery: men, deeds, ideas are always dying as soon as they are born.
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I cannot be angry at God, in whom I do not believe.
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