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To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it’s hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.

Simone de Beauvoir

Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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Admire Love Necessary Self Love
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 characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning.
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Character Game Human Life Teaching Win
A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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Attachment Enjoyment Himself Man Woman
You said something very true the other day: that for us, nudity begins with the face.
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Body Naked True Yourself
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
History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.
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History Let Go Myself
Mystery is never more than a mirage that vanishes as we draw near to look at it.
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Mystery Philosophy
To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
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Body Confidence Lose Oneself
Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.
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Death Heaven Life Yourself
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
I would have to have a bit of heroism and get out of myself. But I love myself so much!
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Myself Self Love
She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.
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Change Fall Herself Touch
Modern woman is everywhere permitted to regard her body as capital for exploitation.
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Body Herself Woman
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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Act Change Future Life Yourself
Man may reproach women for their dissimulation, but his complacency must be great indeed for him to be so constantly duped.
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Greatness Himself Man Woman

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