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Anyway I know only too well that all life is nothing but a brief reprieve from death.


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The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.



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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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Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.



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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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One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.



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All oppression creates a state of war.



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To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.



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When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.



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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.



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The way the Democrats go about seeking equality is to lower people at the top.



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This page presents the quote "Anyway I know only too well that all life is nothing but a brief reprieve from death.". Author of this quote is Simone de Beauvoir. This quote is about death, life is, wells, reprieve,.