It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
AYN RANDMan will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience a sense of self-esteem.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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I am done with this creed of corruption.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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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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Man will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience a sense of self-esteem.
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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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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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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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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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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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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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