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There's nothing of any importance in life-except how well you do your work.
Ayn Rand
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Ayn Rand
Age: 77 †
Born: 1905
Born: February 2
Died: 1982
Died: March 6
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St. Petersburg
Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
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Faith is the wors curse of mankind, as the exact antithesis and enemy of thought.
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