I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to s…

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I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.620, Hamilton Books
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I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.620, Hamilton Books

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