I don't wish to be the symbol of anything. I'm only myself. ✨ Ayn Rand…

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I don't wish to be the symbol of anything. I'm only myself. ✨ Ayn Rand (2011). Ayn Rand Novel Collection, p.777, Penguin
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I don't wish to be the symbol of anything. I'm only myself. ✨ Ayn Rand (2011). Ayn Rand Novel Collection, p.777, Penguin

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