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To demand 'sense' is the hallmark of nonsense. Nature does not make sense. Nothing makes sense.

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Ayn Rand
Age: 77 †
Born: 1905
Born: February 2
Died: 1982
Died: March 6
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Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
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