It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
AYN RANDPeople create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don’t sit looking at it – walk.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated.
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I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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A culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.
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I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.
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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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Patience is always rewarded and romance is always round the corner!
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Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
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Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.
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A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. If bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; if he fails, he passes the loss on to you.
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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
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