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Character Quotes by Ayn Rand
- Even in dialogue, your own style rules your selection. Do not give yourself a blank check of this kind: 'I'll merely reproduce what I think…
- It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it involves…
- Love, friendship, respect, admiration are the emotional response of one man to the virtues of another, the spiritual payment given in exchange for the personal,…
- When intellectual leaders fail to foster the best in the mixed, unformed, vacillating character of people at large, the thugs are sure to bring out…
- Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person,…
- But what man does out of despair, is not necessarily a key to his character. I have always thought that the real key is in…
- Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects…
- I write - and read - for the sake of the story... My basic test for any story is: 'Would I want to meet these…
- That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call 'free will' is your mind's freedom to think or…
- Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency…
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