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My dear fellow, who will let you?" "That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me? (Ayn Rand)
Every loneliness is a pinnacle. View quote
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I feel that others live up to me, if they want me. View quote
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It is futile to fight against, if one does not know what one is fighting for. View quote
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The men who attempt to survive, not by means of reason, but by means of force, are attempting to survive by the method of animals. View quote
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She thought: at this moment, the glass stem between his fingers feels just like the one between mine. We have this much in common. View quote
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She started off, walking fast, as if the speed of her steps could give form to the things she felt. View quote
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Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants. View quote
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He stepped to the window and pointed to the skyscrapers of the city. He said that we had to extinguish the lights of the world, and when we would see the lights of New York go out, we would know that our job was done. View quote
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She did not know what it was about him that had always made her want to see him broken. View quote
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Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future. (Ayn Rand)
It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener. View quote
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The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it. View quote
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Any group or "collective,” large or small, is only a number of individuals. A group can have no rights other than the rights of its individual members. View quote
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There is no such thing as a lousy job - only lousy men who don't care to do it. View quote
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What is man? He's just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur. View quote
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I take no pride in hopeless longing; I wouldn't hold a stillborn aspiration. I'd want to have it, to make it, to live it. View quote
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People want nothing but mirrors around them. To reflect them while they're reflecting too ... Reflections of reflections and echoes of echoes. No beginning and no end. No center and no purpose. View quote
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The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt. View quote
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She was incapable of love for any object not of her own choice and she resented anyone's demand for it. View quote
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Observe, in politics, that the term extremism has become a synonym of "evil," regardless of the content of the issue (the evil is not what you are extreme about, but that you are "extreme"-i. e., consistent). (Ayn Rand)
The conservatives see man as a body freely roaming the earth, building sand piles or factories-with an electronic computer inside his skull, controlled from Washington. The liberals see man as a soul freewheeling to the farthest reaches of the universe-but wearing chains from nose to toes when he crosses the street to buy a loaf of bread. View quote
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth. The evidence is incontrovertible. The contrast between West and East Berlin is the latest demonstration, like a laboratory experiment for all to see. Yet those who are loudest in proclaiming their desire to eliminate poverty are loudest in denouncing capitalism. Man's well-being is not their goal. View quote
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The only proper, moral purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence-to protect his right to his own life, to his own liberty, to his own property and to the pursuit of his own happiness. Without property rights, no other rights are possible. View quote
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The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system-and its value depends on the constitutional structure implementing and strictly delimiting the voters' power; unlimited majority rule is an instance of the principle of tyranny. View quote
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