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You love people, not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love them for their values their virtues.
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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whose steps were a restless substitute for flight.
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