Quote by Ayn Rand
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The sava

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savages whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. – Ayn Rand

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Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of ones values. – Ayn Rand

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Happiness
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Love is the expression of ones values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another. – Ayn Rand

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Love
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Men are more prone to cheating, definitely. – Blu Cantrell

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What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences. – Abbe Pierre

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You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They dont seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together. – Henry Ford

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Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting their own superiority. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly its about not getting bored. – Renee Fleming

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Would I might rouse the Lincoln in you all. – Vachel Lindsay

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What is missing from todays dialogue is the effect autism is having on families, our society and what the unknown factors are. The 300lb. gorilla in the room is that our children with autism today will soon become adults with autism. – Jenny McCarthy

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The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. – Robert M. Pirsig

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