Do you mean to tell me that you're thinking seriously of building that…

Ayn Rand
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Do you mean to tell me that you're thinking seriously of building that way, when and if you are an architect? Yes. My dear fellow, who will let you? That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me? ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). Ayn Rand Reader, p.20, Penguin
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Do you mean to tell me that you're thinking seriously of building that way, when and if you are an architect? Yes. My dear fellow, who will let you? That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me? ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). Ayn Rand Reader, p.20, Penguin

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