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Simone de Beauvoir Quotes: I take on a shape and an existence only if I first throw myself into the world by loving, by doing.
         

I take on a shape and an existence only if I first throw myself into the world by loving, by doing.


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



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