"People said it because other people said it. They did not know why it was being said and heard everywhere. they did not give or ask for reasons."
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"If you agree with some tenets of Objectivism, but disagree with others, do not call yourself an Objectivist; give proper authorship credit for the parts you agree with"
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"Rationalization is a cover-up, a process of providing one's emotions with a false identity, of giving them spurious explanations and justifications - in order to hide one's motives, not just from others, but primarily from oneself. The price of rationalizing is the hampering, the distortion, and, ultimately, the destruction of one's cognitive faculty. Rationalization is a process not of perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one's emotions."
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"Success, instead of giving freedom ofchoice, becomes a way of life."
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"No one ever became poor from giving."
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"I want to go on living even after my death, And therefore I am grateful to God For giving this gift... Of expressing all that is in me."
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"There is this fallacy about how women are catty, that we're all in competition with each other. I'd say: As opposed to getting swept up in jealousy, use that pang to give you an indication of what you are looking for."
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"Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear."
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"In European thought in general, as contrasted with American, vigor, life and originality have a kind of easy, professional utterance. American -- on the other hand, is expressed in an eager amateurish way. A European gives a sense of scope, of survey, of consideration. An American is strained, sensational. One is artistic gold; the other is bullion."
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"Give me such shows - give me the streets of Manhattan!"
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"Courtesy will be in my heart to give to all."
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"If you gave me $100 billion and said take away the soft drink leadership of Coca-Cola in the world, I'd give it back to you and say it can't be done."
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"God spreads the heavens above us like great wings, And gives a little round of deeds and days."
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"I never promise a woman anything nor let her know what I'm going to give her. That's the only way to manage them. Always keep them guessing. If you cant think of any other way to surprise them, give them a bust in the jaw."
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"Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be."
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"A John is different from a sucker. When you're with a sucker you're on alert all the time. You give him nothing. A sucker is just to be taken but a John is different. You give him what he pays for. When you're with him you enjoy yourself and you want him to enjoy himself too."
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"Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness."
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"O heresy in fair, fit for these days, A giving hand, though foul, shall have fair praise."
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"Never, ever ever ever ever give up."
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"Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward... The stronger the advocate of monarchical principle a man may be, the more zealously he must now endeavor to fortify the Throne and to give to His Majesty's successor that strength which can only come from the love of a united nation and Empire."
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