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“This the real world, homie, school finished They done stole your dreams, you dunno who did it.”
“…existence is to all men a thing to be chosen and loved, and that we exist by virtue of activity (i.e. by living and acting), and that the handiwork is in a sense, the producer in activity; he loves his handiwork, therefore, because he loves existence.”
― The Nicomachean Ethics
― The Nicomachean Ethics
“…of any achievements open to you, the one that makes all others possible is the creation of your own character.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
“But we must not follow those who advise us…being mortal, [to think] of mortal things, but must, so far as we can, make ourselves immortal, and strain every nerve to live in accordance with the best thing in us; for even if it be small in bulk, much more does it in power and worth surpass everything.”
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“Pride, then, seems to be a sort of crown of the virtues; for it makes them greater, and it is not found without them. Therefore it is hard to be truly proud; for it is impossible without nobility and goodness of character.”
― The Nicomachean Ethics
― The Nicomachean Ethics
“All my life I’ve had doubts about who I am, where I belonged. Now I’m like the arrow that springs from the bow. No hesitation, no doubts. The path is clear.”
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Ayn Rand
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