The man who is convinced of his own worthlessness will be drawn to a woman he despises–because she will reflect his own secret self, she will release him from that objective reality in which he is a fraud, she will give him a momentary illusion of his own value and a momentary escape from the moral code that damns him. Ayn Rand
There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, they thought themselves blessed–thereafter, their lives could only get better.
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Brandon Sanderson
Luck often sides with the able.
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R.A.Delmonico
It is still this moment and that will be true of every moment that follows, assuming this moment ever ends, which, if I am lucky, it won't.
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Justin Taylor
Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.
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Terry Pratchett
Well, good luck, ’ the Vietnam verbal tic.. It was as though people couldn’t stop themselves from saying it, even when they actually meant to express the opposite wish, like, ‘Die, motherfucker.’ Usually it was only an uninhabited passage of dead language, sometimes it came...
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Michael Herr
More Quotes By Ayn Rand
The man who has done his level best and who is conscious that he has done his best is a success even though the world may write him down a failure.
Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
Many a man has walked up to the opportunity for which he has long been preparing himself looked it full in the face and then begun to get cold feet... when it comes to betting on yourself and your power to do the thing you...
Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.
When it comes to betting on yourself ... you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
