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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

Ayn Rand

All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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Choice Goals Life Purpose Struggle
Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
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Attempt Emotion Perceive Process Rational Reality
I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
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Be Yourself Myself Symbol
Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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Capital Greedy One Liner System
The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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Men Seek Truth
To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul – would you understand why that’s much harder?
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Compromise Easy Hard Life Sell Soul Understand World
Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.
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Compromise Frustration Fulfillemnt General Lead Satisfaction Try
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
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Action Cause Citizen Government Private
Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
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Claim Human Liberty Produce Treatment Wealth
Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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Dominant Future Identify Philosophy Predict Society
Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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Ability Business Ideas Integrity One Liner Stand
We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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Consequences Evade Reality
It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
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Avoid Death Life Live Positive
Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production.
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Civil Institution Production Survival System Violence War
Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
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Check Contradiction Existence Finding Wrong
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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Act Assume Devotion Hero Man Moral Noble Responsiblity Thinking Truth

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