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Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History

by Kyle Newman (Goodreads Author)

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Objectively Speaking: Ayn Rand Interviewed

by Marlene Podritske

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""The question: 'What is the purpose of life?' smuggles in the wrong answer. The question should be: 'What is the purpose of my life?' There is no such thing as 'THE purpose of life', because life is an end in itself. Life is the purpose of life. And nature has given us a very good way of knowing whether we are spending our lives property or not---namely, whether we are happy or not."" — Nov 02, 2018 11:20AM

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“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin

tags: freedom, liberty, privacy, safety, security

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“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

tags: humor, obvious, simile

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“There are no contradictions. If you find one, check your premises.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

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“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
― Thomas Jefferson

tags: freedom, government, politics

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