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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!

Simone de Beauvoir

I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.
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Feeling Happiness Myself Reason
The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Oppression Philosophy Strong
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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Different Himself Lie People Reflection
The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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Body Spiritual World
She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.
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Beyond Herself Life See
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
It is easier to put people in chains than to remove them if the chains bring prestige, said George Bernard Shaw.
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Easy People
One always has to wait until the sugar melts, the memory dies, the wound scars over, the sun sets, the unhappiness lifts and fades away.
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Fade Happiness Memories Oneself Scars Sun Wait Wound
There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.
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Place Waste
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Life Oneself Value
A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Attachment Enjoyment Himself Man Woman
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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Himself Law Light Man Weakness
Sex pleasure in women is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
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Break Magic Sex Woman
That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan.
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Children Value Woman
Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.
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Courage Fight Happiness Knowledge
All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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Creation Oppression War

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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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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