The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual; e…

Ayn Rand
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The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual; everything man needs has to be discovered by his mind and produced by his effort. ✨ Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, p.15, Penguin
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The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual; everything man needs has to be discovered by his mind and produced by his effort. ✨ Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, p.15, Penguin

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