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Change Congress
September 10
“ It is not in the nature of man- nor any living entity -to start out by giving up, by spitting in one’s own face and damning existence; that requires a process of corruption whose rapidity differs from man to man. Some give up at the first touch of pressure; some sell out; some run down by imperceptible degrees and lose their fire, never knowing when or how they lost it. Then all of these vanish in the vast swamp of their elders who tell them persistently that maturity consists of abandoning one’s mind; security, of abandoning one’s values; practicality, of losing self-esteem. Yet a few hold on and move on, knowing that the fire is not to be betrayed, learning how to give it shape, purpose and reality. Whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives, men seek a noble vision of man’s nature and life’s potential.

Ayn Rand (via dareen)

(assuming this is in response to my post?)

I’m not advocating that we lose that fire and sell out, I am saying that we need to look after our own needs first. What I’m talking about is giving that fire its shape, purpose, and reality. The youths she speaks of in the paragraph immediately preceding the one you provided from The Fountainhead will never get where they want to go in this world without first realizing that they must put their own needs before others.

The best of mankind’s youth start life with an undefined sense of enormous expectation, the sense that one’s life is important, that great achievements are within one’s capacity, and that great things lie ahead.

(Paragraph I was referring to.)

And I agree, there’s a difference between being nice and being spineless. The “nice” that I was referring to in my previous post should be taken to mean “spineless.”

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“I’m not advocating that we lose that fire and sell out, I am saying that we need to look after our own needs first.”

Oh yes. I was further supporting your stance, the latter part of the previously quoted statement, via Ayn Rand. Your post reminded me of this quote, which I read last night, because the idea is pretty much in the same vein as Rand’s.

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Oh, well, badass.