Ayn Rand Quotes
Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer-and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
Ayn Rand
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I always wanted to be an actress. And it wasn't ego. I felt so little about myself, considered myself such a sparrow. Not just my size. I thought I was so plain... I did plays not to show off but because if I did that - I didn't realize it at the time - I would be somebody other than this person I didn't really approve of.
Frances Bay
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
Madison Marlow
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I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting.
Jacki Weaver
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
Malala Yousafzai
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But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
Beatrice Dalle
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
Ornette Coleman
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
Vanessa Hudgens
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Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.
Yves Behar
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
Warren Christopher
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
Paige VanZant
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As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
Patrick Modiano
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When you're lucky enough to get paid a nice chunk of change to write a movie or a TV show, you have no right to complain, really. I guess it's more of an appeal to the powers that be that the less they interfere, the more likely, actually, they are to get something that works, I think.
Beau Willimon
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These two entities - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.
Barney Frank
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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
Maimonides
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The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.
Mary Astell
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Inevitably I draw on my own relationships when I write, so if I'm writing about a fight between a husband and his wife, of course I'm going to think about a recent fight with my husband. Or if I'm writing about sisters, of course I'm going to think about my sister.
Emily Giffin
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The truth is, I have made very few public appearances, and when I have, my parents have been very careful to allow me to have my own experience.
Maya Hawke
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Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer-and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
Ayn Rand
