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What is man? He’s just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.

Ayn Rand

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
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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Absolute Dust Existence Human Life Reality
The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Deep Himself Man Self Respect Value
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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Inspirational One Liner Work Hard Worth
People don’t want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think.
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Human Nature People Thinking Trouble Want
The basic need of the creator is independence.
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Creation Independence Need One Liner
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
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
I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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Break Up Die Live Moral
Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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Attack Ideas Inspirational Justice Silence Value
What is man? He’s just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.
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Chemical Collection Delusion Man
Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.
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Existence Help Jail Natural Pretend State
An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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Character Consume Honesty Man Produce
An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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Character Consume Honesty Man Produce
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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Businessman Consequences Failure Force Lost Mistake Suffering
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

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