Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher
We The Living (1936)
Source: We The Living Part One Chapter 6
“Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things that scare you the most.”
— Chuck Palahniuk, book Invisible Monsters
Source: Invisible Monsters
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