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“In a manner of speaking,” he sighed. “After all, our lives are but a sequence of accidents—a clanking chain of chance events. A string of choices, casual or deliberate, which add up to that one big calamity we call life.”
“Self respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
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“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
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“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artists metaphysical value judgments.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
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