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The ' pleasure' of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of Consciousness.

Ayn Rand

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Ayn Rand
Age: 77 †
Born: 1905
Born: February 2
Died: 1982
Died: March 6
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Philosopher
Playwright
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
St. Petersburg
Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
Pleasure
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Drunk
Obviously
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Responsibility

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