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Moments Quotes by Ayn Rand
- Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more…
- Through all the centuries of the worship of the mindless, whatever stagnation humanity chose to endure, whatever brutality to practice-it was only by the grace…
- Since a rational man's ambition is unlimited, since his pursuit and achievement of values is a lifelong process - and the higher the values, the…
- [What for] was the first question he asked about any activity proposed to him - and nothing would make him act, if he found no…
- Under the antitrust laws, a man becomes a criminal from the moment he goes into business, no matter what he does. If he complies with…
- She thought: at this moment, the glass stem between his fingers feels just like the one between mine. We have this much in common.
- Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to…
- Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
- Don't think of them now. Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them. You're here. It's…
- My greatest personal mistake is ever to allow a word or moment that “doesn’t count,” i.e., that I do not refer to my own basic…
- She smiled. She knew she was dying. But it did not matter any longer. She had known something which no human words could ever tell…
- I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it has been, even…
- He, too, stood looking at her for a moment--and it seemed to her that it was not a look of greeting after an absence, but…
- People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been--for a moment's relief from that gray load of suffering…
- A moment or an eternity—did it matter? Life, undefeated, existed and could exist.
- You will follow me, if we are what we are, you and I, if we live, if the world exists, if you know the meaning…
- Every form of happiness is private. Our greatest moments are personal, self-motivated, not to be touched".
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