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José Saramago Quotes: A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction, ' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.
         

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction, ' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.


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