We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are—that is the fact.

—Jean-Paul Sartre

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Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, US also ; French: [saʁtʁ]; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, political activist, and writer, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology) and...

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    We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.