Self respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.
AYN RANDA man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
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If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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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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The entire history of science is a progression of exploded fallacies.
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The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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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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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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She did not know the nature of her loneliness.
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You love people not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love them for the values, the virtues, which they have achieved in their own character.
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A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
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Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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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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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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I love you so much that nothing can matter to me, not even you, only my love, not your answer, not even your indifference
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I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.
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A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence.
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