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“If you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more luck.”

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Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer, philosopher, feminist, and social activist. Known for her profound philosophical thoughts and her advocacy for women's status, she is one of the most influential female thinkers of the 20th century. Her works spanned various genres, including novels, philosophical essays, plays, and memoirs, with her most famous work being 'The Second Sex'. more

“I was struck by the absence, even among very young boys and girls, of any interior motivation; they were incapable of thinking, of inventing, of imagining, of choosing, of deciding for themselves; this incapacity was expressed by their conformism; in every domain of life they employed only the abstract measure of money, because they were unable to trust to their own judgment.”

Thinking Young Motivation Girl Money Boys Judgment Absence Abstract Conformity Incapable Interiors Employed Domain Inventing Boy And Girl Incapacity

Author:Simone de Beauvoir

“My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes.”

Pilots Airplane Engineers Grandfather My Grandfather Yaks

Book:The Way I See It, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's

Source: The Way I See It, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's

“Cooking is revolution and creation.”

Creation Revolution Cooking

Author:Simone de Beauvoir

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