Ayn Rand Quotes
On second handers: They are always concerned with people - not facts, ideas, work or production. What would happen to the world without those who think, work, and produce?
Quotes to Explore
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think about how far behind a child would be without access to these fundamental tools - tools that are vital to successful employment later in life - it's a travesty.
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I like being unconventional.
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The essence of architecture is form and space, and light is the essential element to the key to architectural design, probably more important than anything. Technology and materials are secondary.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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I still have a young attitude.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like a really embarrassing situation. To me, singing is almost like crying, and you have to really know someone before you can start crying in front of them.
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We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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I think St. Jude helped me achieve some miracles in my life - that's why I wear the medallion in my left ear and never take it out.
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My secrets must be poetic to be believable.
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The words they spoke were voices that she heard. She looked at them and saw them as they were And what she felt fought off the barest phrase.
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I think we all are people that are the product of our backgrounds. It's wrong to think that you're not.
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Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I said in my speech, my aunt and uncle really love golf, and we visited them, and she gave me two clubs. Like people think when they don't know who my dad is, they think he's my coach.
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My parents were complicated people. They had a complicated relationship. My home was very, very complicated.
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On second handers: They are always concerned with people - not facts, ideas, work or production. What would happen to the world without those who think, work, and produce?
