No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIREvery individual concerned to justify his existence feels that his existence involves an undefined need to transcend himself, to engage in freely chosen projects.
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Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
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Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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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.
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One of the benefits that oppression secures for the oppressor is that the humblest among them feels superior.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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When someone you love dies you pay for the sin of outliving her with a thousand piercing regrets.
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What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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