But a few understand that building is a great symbol we live in our mi…

Ayn Rand
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But a few understand that building is a great symbol we live in our minds, and existence is the attempt to bring that life into physical reality, to state it in gesture and form. For the man who understands this, a house he owns is a statement of his life. ✨ Ayn Rand (2005). The Fountainhead, p.492, Penguin
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