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Robert Peate
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Where I left my shoes.
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Sisyphus Shrugged
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The Recovery: Yeshua ("Jesus") After Crucifixion
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Mister Negative and Other Stories
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Visits with Catholicism
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Cagey and 2 Others: Including "Chasing Kerouac" and "Neighbors"
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On Writing
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Money's Men
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“The state is a voluntary association of individuals designed to serve their individual interests. The state is not a faceless villain. The state is all of us. But freedom does not mean the freedom to commit violence. Violence includes direct and indirect action; i.e., it is just as violent to cause someone to starve to death by withholding aid as it is to shoot him, only sneakier.”
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“Work or die’—this is the essence of slavery, of compulsion. And yet this is our world. Most of our world is enslaved but does not know it. Only the homeless are free, and for their freedom we sentence them to death. To refuse compulsion is to earn death, suffering, and calumny. It is not to refuse work—the homeless work very hard, endure many hardships we cannot imagine in our comfortable slavery. And yet we call our slavery freedom. We do not know what freedom means, yet.”
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“But the distinction is important and must be made: the highest virtue is not to give or to take. It is to share. And what I didn’t understand most of my life is that sharing includes serving oneself. It is a subtle distinction, one too subtle for most adults, though most children understand it.”
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“I agree with Rand that human nature is selfish, that we should help ourselves first and foremost. . . . Where I differ with her is that I think we can and should help ourselves and others at the same time as a conscious goal.”
― Sisyphus Shrugged
― Sisyphus Shrugged
“We are connected to each other, Mister Galt. We are considerate. We think about others. We give to others. But in return we get it back. We do affect each other. Human beings—all life forms—are not fully free, nor are they meant to be. Complete freedom isn’t any beautiful thing, because it means you’re not getting anything back either. I think we need to be beholden to each other.”
― Sisyphus Shrugged
― Sisyphus Shrugged
“You have been lied to. You were born into a system you did not create, though it was created by human beings. You were told that if you worked hard, dreamed big, and played by the rules, you could make it as well as anybody else. That was a lie, the fact that ‘dreaming big’ and ‘playing by the rules’ don’t go together aside.”
― Sisyphus Shrugged
― Sisyphus Shrugged
“To exploit is to take undue advantage of someone else’s need, whether that be unfair wages paid or unfair prices charged. I have just summed up the current state of modern capitalism in one sentence.”
― Sisyphus Shrugged
― Sisyphus Shrugged
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Graham wrote: "Will check out Lightcap -- seems in the same vein as early Greg Bear novels. Are you familiar with his books?" Haven't heard of him. Will investigate! Thanks, Graham.
Will check out Lightcap -- seems in the same vein as early Greg Bear novels. Are you familiar with his books?
Black Rose wrote: "Thanks for the recommendation!"You're welcome. I edited the novel, available as of today. I did so because I love it. My friend Dan has written a great science-fiction story in the mold of Philip K. Dick. I don't know if it's your cup of tea, but I know you're intelligent and might appreciate the story.
