Ayn Rand Quotes
Man’s rights can be violated only by the use of physical force. It is only by means of physical force that one man can deprive another of his life, or enslave him, or rob him, or prevent him from pursuing his own goals, or compel him to act against his own rational judgment.Ayn Rand
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
Abu Abbas -
Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
Quentin Blake -
The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
Harold Nicolson -
I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
Rachel Cusk -
We don't grow older, we grow riper.
Pablo Picasso -
I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.
Baltasar Kormakur
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
Samuel Goldwyn -
There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad.
Zachary Levi -
One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
Ian Mcewan -
I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
Vanessa Kerry -
Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.
Dana Perino -
You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.
Vince Lombardi
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You can observe a lot by watching.
Yogi Berra -
I think the premise of somebody trying to recreate a night from their teenage years stuck with me as something potentially very tragically comic.
Edgar Wright -
I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
Oprah Winfrey -
You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.
Aaron Copland -
Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.
Patrick Leahy -
When I was on 'The Big Gay Sketch Show' I thought, 'Well, this is going well now, but then when it's over I'll just be a barista.'
Kate McKinnon
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There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn't fanatical.
Chester Bennington Stone Temple Pilots -
I crossed paths with a horse that happened to change my life. That horse is Game On Dude, and what a horse! He's a soldier. Together we traveled the world. We won the Santa Anita Big Cap, Goodwood, almost won the Breeder's Cup Classic; we won the San Antonio, Hollywood Gold Cup and the Californian.
Chantal Sutherland -
Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education.
Bill Gates -
Literature is one of those realms in which giving out prizes can seem not merely dubious but positively obtuse.
Ben Dolnick -
Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.
Bill Walsh -
Man’s rights can be violated only by the use of physical force. It is only by means of physical force that one man can deprive another of his life, or enslave him, or rob him, or prevent him from pursuing his own goals, or compel him to act against his own rational judgment.
Ayn Rand