What has value in their eyes is never what is done for them; it's what they do for themselves. — Simone de Beauvoir
What has value in their eyes is never what is done for them; it's what they do for themselves.
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That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
One day I'll be old, dead, forgotten. And at this very moment, while I'm sitting here thinking these things, a man in a dingy hotel room is thinking, "I will always be here."
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If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

