Ayn Rand Quotes
Capitalism is the only system where such men are free to function and where progress is accompanied, not by forced privations, but by a constant rise in the general level of prosperity, of consumption and of enjoyment of life.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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When I was a kid, my mother used to film all of our holidays and all of the good times, and I kind of associated the camera with everything being okay and everything being happy.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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Happiness is an inside job.
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Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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I think the sidekick makes the number one look good.
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I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.
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When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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Anything I sing is supposed to be genuine. It's not supposed to be make-believe or I'm making something for the crowd to jump or to hold up their hands.
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We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path.
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I love trying new restaurants.
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Education never quite gets the attention it deserves in presidential campaigns, but monster flip-flops surely do.
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I don't want to stay a singer forever. I want to fulfill my dream career as a lawyer!
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That's the fun thing about fashion: it changes. One day, we're into short, the next we're into full length for day, or half short and long.
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Donna (Karan), you have huge jugs, you could totally be a manager at Hooters!
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I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me.
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I'm just inspired by life and, growing up, I listened to all types of different sounds, genres, and areas of music.
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Capitalism is the only system where such men are free to function and where progress is accompanied, not by forced privations, but by a constant rise in the general level of prosperity, of consumption and of enjoyment of life.
