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What can we make ourselves be? What we make ourselves to be by the way we act is something that we can earn. If we go about our lives making excuses for the way we act and do things, then we are not being what we want to be, but rather what we want to be “allowed” to be. Every choice that we make in life is a choice to be who we want to be and what kind of person we want to become.
Source: How To Be An Existentialist: Or How To Get Real, Get A Grip And Stop Making Excuses
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