Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? H…

Ayn Rand
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Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know? ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). Ayn Rand Reader, p.30, Penguin
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Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know? ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). Ayn Rand Reader, p.30, Penguin

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