"Ayn Rand called her novella Anthem a "hymn to man's ego." My approach to Anthem the play was to provide the story a further dimension through music and sound. The work is now larger than a hymn. It's really "spoken opera.""

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Source : Source: www.theobjectivestandard.com

Jeff Britting

#Men Quotes #Play Quotes #Hymns Quotes

“If you're a gardener, or creating a garden you're clearly looking to the future. You have a sense of your own future and a sense of yourself in that space. People coming here feel that hope, that renewal, and that sense of regeneration. They get their hands dirty and connect back to the ground, which is what we feel strongly about - giving everybody the opportunity to get connected to the earth.”
“We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.”
“Microbes are just nature's janitors who work to clean up a poorly kept culturing medium. Trying to keep microbes off of and out of your body is like trying to keep the wind out of the trees.”
“This misery that I am suffering is of my own doing, and that very thing proves that it will have to be undone by me alone.”
“Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; . . . that laws were like cobwebs, - for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.”
“Step back from your Facebook Wall for a moment: Doesn't it, suddenly, look a little ridiculous? Your life in this format?”
“Once people start introducing animal products into their diet, that's when the mischief starts.”
“Risk no more that you can afford to lose, and also risk enough so that a win is meaningful.”

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