Peter Keating: Do you always have to have a purpose? Do you always hav…

Ayn Rand
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Peter Keating: Do you always have to have a purpose? Do you always have to be so damn serious? Can't you ever do things without reason, just like everybody else? You're so serious, so old. Everything's important with you. Everything's great, significant in some way, every minute, even when you keep still. Can't you ever be comfortable-and unimportant? | Howard Roark: No.
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