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I never could bear the idea of anyone’s expecting something from me. It always made me want to do the opposite.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Himself Life Man Material
There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, “now what?
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Book Himself Philosophy Universe
It is only in our decisions that we are important.
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Decision Important Ourselves
Perhaps its inevitable, perhaps one has to choose between being nothing at all and impersonating what one is.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Choice Oneself Philosophy
I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.
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Book Empty Heart Human Myself
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Escape Life Ourselves See
People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
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Choice Direction Ourselves People
It is disgusting – Why must we have bodies?
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Body Funny Philosophy
Existence is prior to essence.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Existence One Liner
A madman’s ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness.
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Himself Mad Man Philosophy
Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.
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Deep Philosophy Result Silence Word
I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it’s urgency.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Feeling Myself
One always dies too soon – or too late. And yet one’s whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are — your life, and nothing else.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Death Life Moments Oneself Philosophy Yourself
I exist. It is soft, so soft, so slow. And light: it seems as though it suspends in the air. It moves.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Existence Light Myself
I suppose it is out of laziness that the world is the same day after day. Today it seemed to want to change. And then anything, anything could happen.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Change Myself Mystery Philosophy World
You are — your life, and nothing else.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Life Philosophy Yourself

I never could bear the idea of anyone’s expecting something from me. It always made me want to do the opposite.

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