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I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

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Ayn Rand
Age: 77 †
Born: 1905
Born: February 2
Died: 1982
Died: March 6
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Without property rights, no other rights are possible.
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The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way.
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The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.
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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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You'd let the whole world perish rather than soil that immaculate self of yours with a single spot of which you'd have to be ashamed.
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If it were true that men could achieve their good by means of turning some men into sacrificial animals, and ... if I were asked to serve the interests of society apart from, above and against my own I would refuse... I would fight in the full confidence of the justice of my battle and of a living being's right to exist.
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The greatest threat to mankind and civilization is the spread of the totalitarian philosophy. Its best ally is not the devotion of its followers but the confusion of its enemies. To fight it, we must understand it.
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The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave.
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You don't have to see through the eyes of others, hold onto yours, stand on your own judgment, you know that what is, is–say it aloud, like the holiest of prayers, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
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Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.
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To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims.
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