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Requires Quotes by Ayn Rand
- But neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims. Just as man is free to attempt to survive in any…
- To know one's own desires, their meaning and their costs requires the highest human virtue: rationality.
- Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice... Man has to be a man-by choice; he has to hold…
- What objectivity and the study of philosophy requires is not an 'open mind,' but an active mind - a mind able and eagerly willing to…
- What I want you to understand, is the full evil of those who claim to have become convinced that this earth, by its nature, is…
- Any material element or resource which, in order to become of use or value to men, requires the application of human knowledge and effort, should…
- Collectivism requires self-sacrifice, the subordination of one's interests to those of others.
- In proportion to the mental energy he spent, the man who creates a new invention receives but a small percentage of his value in terms…
- Evil requires the sanction of the victim.
- People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I’ve learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one…
- In order to deal with reality successfully - to pursue and achieve the values which his life requires - man needs self-esteem; he needs to…
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- A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive… — Liberty Hyde Bailey
- Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation. — Hosea Ballou
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- It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only… — Albert Barnes
- To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny. — Joseph Addison
- A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay. — Dirk Benedict
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