Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
AYN RANDThe problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency is virtue.
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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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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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Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
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Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
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Reality is an absolute, existence is an absolute, a speck of dust is an absolute and so is a human life.
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Capitalism has been called a system of greed.
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Patience is always rewarded and romance is always round the corner!
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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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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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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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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Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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