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Every individual concerned to justify his existence feels that his existence involves an undefined need to transcend himself, to engage in freely chosen projects.

Simone de Beauvoir

To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.
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Attitude Politics
Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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Freedom Love Philosophy
If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
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Expression Female Genius History
That’s what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
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Feeling Generosity Myself True
I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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Myself Self Love
The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.
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Hope Philosophy World
Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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Ability Inspirational Worth
There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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Place Waste
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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Art Husband Marriage
I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.
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Acceptance Adventure End Life Myself
A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
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Beginning Himself Man Sex
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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Born Oneself Woman
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.
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Comfortable Love Myself Safety Truth
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
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Compassion Friendship Life Love Oneself Value
One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.
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Born Genius Impossible Oneself Presence
If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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Arrogant Mad Man

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