I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
AYN RANDMan cannot survive except through his mind.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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People 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.
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As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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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 basic need of the creator is independence.
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Don’t fool yourself, my dear. You’re much worse than a bitch. You’re a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.
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She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.
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Politically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically, the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically, it is the erosion of ambition.
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Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
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There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
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A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
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The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice.
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Man cannot survive except through his mind.
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