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“[Howard Roark] was asked for a statement, and he received a group of reporters in his office. He spoke without anger. He said:'I can't tell anyone anything about my building. If I prepared a hash o...”
“...What kind of a tragedy did you have in your childhood?""Why, none at all. I had a wonderful childhood. Free and peaceful and not bothered too much by anybody. Well, yes, I did feel bored very of...”
“The audience looked at him. They felt he had no chance. They could drop the nameless resentment, the sense of insecurity which he aroused in most people. And so, for the first time, they could see ...”
“Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.”
“Notice how theyll accept anything except a man who stands alone. They recognize him at once...Theres a special, insidious kind of hatred for him. They forgive criminals. They admire dictators. Crim...”
“I take the only desire one can really permit oneself. Freedom, Alvah, freedom.You call that freedom?To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.”
“No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easier to pass judgement on a man than on an idea.”
“Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.”
“And isnt that the root of every despicable action? Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable front. He knows himse...”
“Ill listen if you want me to... But I think I should tell you now that nothing you can say will make any difference. If you dont mind that, I dont mind listening.”
“You never wanted me to be real. You never wanted anyone to be. But you didnt want me to show it. You wanted an act to help your act...”
“I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline. Particularly when one can't see the details. Just the shapes. The shapes and the thought that made them. The sky o...”
“Its easier to donate a few thousands to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement. Its simple to seek substitutes for competencesuch ea...”
“...the best is a matter of standardsand I set my own standards.”
“Its a law of survival, isnt it?to seek the best. I didnt come for your sake. I came for mine.”
“...Opinion without a rational process.”
“Never place your punch at the beginning of a column nor at the end. Sneak it in where it's least expected. Fill a whole column with drivel, just to get in that one important line.”
“A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack”
