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Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it.

Simone de Beauvoir

I enjoyed my exhaustion, though; I liked overdoing things.
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Enjoyment Myself
You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.
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Confidence Eyes Himself See Yourself
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.
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Life Oneself Value
One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.
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Born Genius Impossible Oneself Presence
I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.
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Acceptance Adventure End Life Myself
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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Born Oneself Woman
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
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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Act Change Future Life Yourself
I love you, with a touch of tragedy and quite madly.
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I Love You Mad Touch Tragedy
Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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Body Herself Woman
The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
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Oppression Philosophy Strong
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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Death Life Live
Some things I loved have vanished. A great many others have been given to me.
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Blessing Greatness Love Myself
Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.
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Ability Inspirational Worth
A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Attachment Enjoyment Himself Man Woman
To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
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Body Confidence Lose Oneself
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
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Art Husband Marriage
What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?
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Fantasy Perspective
Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
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Freedom Moral Winner
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
Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.
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Oppression Protection
People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.
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Empty People Thinking
Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
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Herself Man Slave Woman Empowerment
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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Anger Man Woman
There’s something tragic about you. Your feeling for the absolute. You were made to believe in God and spend your life in a convent.
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Believe Feeling God Life Religion Tragedy Yourself
The body is the instrument of our hold on the world.
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Body Spiritual World
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

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