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Ayn Rand Quotes

To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking; to maintain a contradiction is to abdicate one's mind and to evict oneself from the realm of reality.

Ayn Rand

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: russian
Birth: February 2, 1905 - March 6, 1982

Topics

Mind Thinking Reality Error Maintain

I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you think, 'Why is the world doing this to me?' But you have to pick yourself up again. That's what makes you a better athlete.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

Yourself Me World Proud Better You

Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.

John Berger

Envy Personal Emotion Glamour Social

It is also asserted that the election settled the matters of the war and the torture of prisoners. These are dead issues that no longer need be addressed.

Andrew Greeley

War Election Matters Dead Need

The most obvious thing I do is I don't wear a burqa, and I'm definitely not oppressed. Plus, I'm quite obviously an independent thinker, which means as soon as I walk on stage, I dispel a lot of those stereotypes.

Maysoon Zayid

Walk Stereotypes Independent Stage

Never give up on something you believe in.

Steve Scalise

Never Give Up Believe You Never Up

Patrick Murphy's decision to support a deal that infuses the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism with $150 billion, confers international legitimacy on Iran's expansive nuclear program, and even allows Iran to inspect its own military sites demonstrates a lack of judgment and inexperience in matters of national security.

Ron DeSantis

Decision Support World Security Own

I could have been banned. That's what I was most scared about. All the hard work being for nothing. It was basically my livelihood and my sport being taken away from me. It was everything.

Lizzie Armitstead

Work Hard Work Me Nothing Hard Been

Speaking of Twitter, I don't even know if I composed a blog entry in 2009, as I was too busy parceling my every thought into cute 140-character sound bites. I used to only worry about being pithy for a living; now some of my best lines are wasted on a free app!

Diablo Cody

Cute Best Free Busy Thought Worry

Well, I don't know. It's long, it's longer than both of the other books put together, so it's more ambitious. I think I get under the skin of the people a lot more than in the other books.

Cory Doctorow

Together People Think Long Skin Get

In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else I've ever written. I find a way of saying that either it was heaven or hell but in a way that still leaves room for the reader to use their own imagination.

Colleen McCullough

Love Imagination Birds Saying Hell

I check Style.com to look at the collections and love to poke around some of the other fashion blogs to see what's going on.

Ashley Olsen

Love Fashion Look See Check Going

All day I wait for my job, which I do at night, and once I get there, I walk a tightrope, jump through hoops, and take breathtaking dives.

Alice Ripley

Walk Day Job Wait Night Jump