I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
AYN RANDThe truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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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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The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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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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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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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
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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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The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.
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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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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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An irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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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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