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Words of Wisdom:

Issue date: 5/4/09 Section: Commentary
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Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

"I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."

"If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose- because it contains all the others- the fact that they were the people who created the phrase to make money. No other language or nation had ever used these words before; men had always thought of wealth as a static quantity- to be seized, begged, inherited, shared, looted or obtained as a favor. Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created."

"If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down on his shoulders-what would you tell him to do?"

Thumbs:

Thumbs Up: Blue Jackets make it to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. Yay!

Thumbs Down: USG elections. And until the system is abolished we will continue voicing our disapproval.

Thumbs Up: The new Student Union! If you haven't noticed, it looks like it's going to be totally sweet and awesome.
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