Cryptoquote Spoiler – 07/06/21

“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”   —   Ayn Rand

(As I looked at the first Z, saw how many there were, and got to the author line, I knew right away it was Ayn Rand!  This doesn’t sound like the typical Ayn Rand quote though.  When I was much younger it seemed that everyone pronounce her name like Ann, but now all I hear is Ine.  Does anyone else remember when it was generally pronounced Ann?  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Happy birthday to Kate Nash!

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 10/15/13

 

English: Cover of the first book Pola Negri by Ayn Rand published in 1925 in Moscow, Russia. Français : Couverture du premier livre d’Ayn Rand, Pola Negri, publié à Moscou en 1925 en Russie. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“To achieve, you need thought.  You have to know what you are doing and that’s real power.”   —   Ayn Rand

 

Ayn Rand FU (Photo credit: monkey_bob99x)

(The fact that there are many successful dullards in this world, makes this statement seem dubious, at best.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 03/25/13

Atlas sculpture, New York City, by sculptor Lee Lawrie. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”   —   Ayn Rand

(Too bad most of today’s devotees of Ayn Rand aren’t more . . . creative.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 03/15/11

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“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”   — Ayn Rand

(We haven’t heard from Ayn in quite a while . . . as you all have not heard from thee.  A thousand pardons.  First opportunity to use a computer since last Thursday.  No guarantee as to when I’ll post again.  But, you’ll likely hear from me on Thursday the 17th.  Be good, do good, friends.)   — YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 02/08/10

“The upper classes are merely a nation’s past; the middle class is its future.”   — Ayn Rand

(The big banks, health care insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry, hospital/medical field, and most of the rest of corporate America have been squeezing the middle class, so hard, and for so long, that maybe we should be bringing them up on charges of treason.(?)  They are jeopardizing our future as a nation.  Oh!  And, let’s not forget their enablers, our own Supreme Court.  Well, at least five of them.) —   YUR