Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.

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the worst part about being lied to is knowing you werent worth the truth.

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Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or ignore it. Either way, we are still responsible.

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If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

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In a word, man must create his own essence: it is in throwing himself into the world, suffering there, struggling there, that he gradually defines himself.

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We make our own hell out of the people around us.

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Sometimes the truth is too simple for intellectuals.

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We are our choices.

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Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

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Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

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