Every man builds his world in his own image; he has the power to choos…

Ayn Rand
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Every man builds his world in his own image; he has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice. If he abdicates his power, he abdicates the status of man, and the grinding chaos of the irrational is what he achieves as his sphere of existence—by his own choice. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.604, Hamilton Books
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