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Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to? ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.274, Hamilton Books
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Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to? ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.274, Hamilton Books

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