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" 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 the absolute truth. "
Simone de Beauvoir
Work
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" 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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" To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. "
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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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