It is only in our decisions that we are important.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

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Acting is happy agony.

Acting is happy agony.

Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a...

Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a...

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

We are alone, with no excuses. That is the idea I shall try to convey...

We are alone, with no excuses. That is the idea I shall try to convey...

I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.

I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by...

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by...

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to...

For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to...

We do not judge the people we love

We do not judge the people we love

One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the...

One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the...

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against...

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against...

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which...

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which...

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are...

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are...

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

As concerning football, I protest unto you that it may rather be called a friendly...

As concerning football, I protest unto you that it may rather be called a friendly...

A professional football team warms up grimly and disparately, like an army on maneuvers: the...

A professional football team warms up grimly and disparately, like an army on maneuvers: the...

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is...

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is...