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Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue. ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). Ayn Rand Reader, p.69, Penguin
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Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue. ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). Ayn Rand Reader, p.69, Penguin

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