"An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind."

-- Ayn Rand

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“You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.”
“Did you ever notice how easy it is to forgive a person any number of faults for one endearing characteristic, for a certain style, or some commitment to life - while someone with many good qualities is insupportable for a single defect if it happens to be a boring one?”

Source : Shirley Hazzard (2004). “The Evening of the Holiday: A Novel”, p.114, Macmillan
“As I don't consider myself exceptional, but simply a storyteller, each of my stories is really a period of my life. Deep down I feel that criticism of my work-which is the most sincere and authentic vision of myself-is unsuitable and immodest, whether it is favorable or unfavorable.”
“My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I advocate the use of force to rescue Terri Schiavo from being starved to death. I further advocate the killing of anyone who interferes with such rescue.”
“The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical cord.”

Source : John Gregory Dunne (2013). “Crooning”, p.198, Zola Books
“I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.”

Source : "FIVE QUESTIONS FOR . . . / Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn / Journalism heroes turn focus to aging". Interview with Paul Wilner, www.sfgate.com. May 15, 2005.
“sounds of life and movement, people getting ready and people giving up, the sound of hope and the sound of hanging on, and behind them all, the quiet, deadly ticking of a thousand hungry clocks...”

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