History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
If you point out that they’re walking in shit they scream it’s you that have dirty feet.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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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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He reflected. ‘I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!
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The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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One can never know oneself but only narrate oneself.
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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.
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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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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
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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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If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.
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