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I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.

Simone de Beauvoir

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with absolute truth.
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Man Truth View World
To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
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Decision Freedom Oneself Willing
Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.
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Knowledge Oneself Story
Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms.
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Freedom Love Philosophy
There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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Existence Future Justice Present
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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Born Oneself Woman
The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
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Body Philosophy World
The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Oppression Philosophy Strong
To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.
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Attitude Politics
Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.
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Acceptance Man
If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
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Blame Character Yourself
Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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Oppression Protection
If you live long enough, you’ll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
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Defeat Enough Live Victory Yourself
Because we are separated everything separates us, even our efforts to join each other.
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Effort Separate Togetherness
If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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Arrogant Mad Man
There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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Place Waste

I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.

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I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.

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