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- If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose . . . the fact that they were the people who…
- To be the kind of writer you want to be, you must first be the kind of thinker you want to be.
- The first society in history whose leaders were neither Attilas nor Witch Doctors, a society led, dominated and created by the Producers, was the United…
- I sat there beside him till morning - and as I watched his face in the starlight, then the first ray of the sun on…
- When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice
- The great creators - the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors - stood alone against the men of their time. Every great new thought…
- It is a matter of record that in the German Election of 1933, the Communist Party was ordered by its leaders to vote for the…
- If [people] place such things as friendship and family ties above their own productive work, yes, then they are immoral. Friendship, family life and human…
- [What for] was the first question he asked about any activity proposed to him - and nothing would make him act, if he found no…
- To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'
- Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
- There’s nothing as significant as a human face. Nor as eloquent. We can never really know another person, except by our first glance at him.…
- For the first time since her return, she felt pain, a violent pain, but it made her feel alive, because it was worth feeling.
- That an error made on your own is safer than ten truths accepted on faith, because the first leaves you the means to correct it…
- Thousands of years ago the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burnt at the stake he'd taught his brothers to light,…
- I've always thought that a feeling which changes never existed in the first place.
- The necessary consequence of man's right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation and…
- At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains.…
- Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration.
- Do it first and feel about it afterwards.' - Dagny Taggart
- The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himself. His moral law is never to place his…
- Have you noticed that the imbecile always smiles? Man's first frown is the first touch of God on his forehead. The touch of thought.
- p.61 He [Roark] was usually disliked, from the first sight of his face, anywhere he went. His face was closed like the door of a…
- Your emotional capacity is an empty motor, and your values are the fuel with which your mind fills it. If you choose a mix of…
- To say ‘I love you’ one must first know how to say the ‘I.’ The meaning of the ‘I’ is an independent, self-sufficient entity that…
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle
- Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong