"I want to know that I've accomplished something.……" — Ayn Rand
"I want to know that I've accomplished something. I want to feel that it had some meaning. At the last summing up, I want to be sure it wasn't all-for nothing."
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838 Quotes by Ayn Rand
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You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love…
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The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to…
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I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.
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Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea…
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Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the…
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The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept…
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Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale…
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Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.
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This is the age othe common man, they tell us-a title which any man may claim to the extent osuch…
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Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One…
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Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to…
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Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly…
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But the Republican right-wing agenda, these people - Arnold and his patrons - felt it could be accomplished by circumventing…
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Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people.…
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure…
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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will…
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Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there…
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I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get…
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The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since…
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I think that true horror is accomplished by slowly getting into your brain. The old way is much more scary.
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Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According…
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