I want to know that I've accomplished something. I want to feel that i…

Ayn Rand
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I want to know that I've accomplished something. I want to feel that it had some meaning. At the last summing up, I want to be sure it wasn't all-for nothing. ✨ Ayn Rand (2005). The Fountainhead, p.361, Penguin
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