Jean-Paul Sartre

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Biography : French philosopher, playwright and novelist.
Born: 1905 - Died: 1980
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
France

France

Jean-Paul Sartre - Quotes

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one's death, one dies one's life.
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Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
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We do not judge the people we love.
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Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.
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Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.
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responsibility

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
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Man

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.
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experience

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.
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Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.
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freedom

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.
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Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.
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trust

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
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There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.
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The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.
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life

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
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