"In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called the work a poem."

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Source : Source: www.theobjectivestandard.com

Jeff Britting

#Character Quotes #Mind Quotes #Stories Quotes

“And Kate Hepburn-God, she's beautiful, God, she plays golf well, God, she can get anyone in the world on the phone, God, she knows what to do all the time, God, she wears clothes well.”

Source : Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Brian Dauth (2008). “Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Interviews”, p.162, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor.”
“The brain processes information using 100,000 times less energy than we do right now with this computer technology that we have.”
“The measure of a decent human being is how he or she treats the defenseless.”
“It is just this rage for consideration that has betrayed the dog into his satellite position as the friend of man. The cat, an animal of franker appetites, preserves his independence. But the dog, with one eye ever on the audience, has been wheedled into slavery, and praised and patted into the renunciation of his nature. Once he ceased hunting and became man's plate-licker, the Rubicon was crossed. Thenceforth he was a gentleman of leisure; and except the few whom we keep working, the whole race grew more and more self-conscious, mannered and affected.”
“The idea of going to school to be an art critic is a very crazy idea. I educated myself in public, which is a very painful way to learn - by writing and then discovering that I don't know what the f**k I'm talking about. But you remember the lessons vividly.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Success is not measured by bestseller lists. Certain types of great books sell very well; other types of great books donâ€™t sell a lot. But theyâ€™re both great.”
“See the world as it truly is, small and blue, beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats.”

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