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Ayn Rand wäre heute 119 Jahre, 2 Monate, 18 Tage oder 43.542 Tage alt.

Geboren am 02.02.1905 in St. Petersburg
Gestorben am 06.03.1982 in New York
Sternzeichen: ♒ Wassermann

• Es gibt im Leben nur zwei Sünden: zu wünschen, ohne zu handeln oder zu handeln ohne Ziel! (Sünde/griechisch = Zielverfehlung).
  • Leben

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• Wer das Geld verdammt, der hat es auf gemeine Weise bekommen. Wer es respektiert, hat es ehrlich verdient.
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• All work is an act of philosophy.

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• Any refusal to recognize reality, for any reason whatever, has disastrous consequences. There are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think. Don't ignore your own desires . . . Don't sacrifice them. Examine their cause. There is a limit to how much you should have to bear.

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• Civilization is the progress of a society towards privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

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• Great men can't be ruled.

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• I made my fortune by being able to spot a certain kind of man.

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• I'm working to improve my methods, and every hour I save is an hour added to my life.

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• It stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting sacrificial offerings. Where there is service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be master.

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• No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.

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• The desire not to be anything is the desire not to be.

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• This is the age of the common man, they tell us - a title which any man may claim to the extent of such distinction as he has managed not to achieve.

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• Whether you know the shape of a pebble or the structure of a solar system, the axioms remain the same: that it exists and that you know it.

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