July 2007
8 posts
Circles & Halos.
Summer of 2005. You are about to begin the second year of your college life. You recollect all that you did the previous year and religiously classify them under ‘should haves’ and ‘should not haves’. You decide that it’s about time you stopped playing around and grew up into a responsible adult. After all, you cannot afford to be that little innocent kid who gets...
That '70s show!
If you want to read up on events that shaped Modern India, then one of the most interesting and enjoyable ways to go about it is to follow Amul’s ad campaign (and a bit of google for the finer details) over the years. Some hilarious, some corny and at times, even deliberate… this is definitely an utterly butterly delicious (yup.. had to fit it in somewhere!) way to look back in time....
Bjorn Faulkner. Howard Roark. Francisco d'Anconia.
Stevens: ... But if you believe that in this sad, halfhearted world of ours a man can still be born with life singing in his veins; a scoundrel, a swindler, a criminal, call him anything, but still a conquerer - if you value a strength that is its own motor, an audacity that is its own law, a spirit that is its own vindication - if you are able to admire a man who, no matter what mistakes he may have made in form, had never betrayed his essence: his self-esteem - if, deep in your hearts, you've felt a longing for greatness and for a sense of life beyond the lives around you, if you have known a hunger which gray timidity can't satisfy - you'll understand Bjorn Faulkner.
Flint: ... If you believe that man is placed on earth for a purpose higher than his own enjoyment - if you believe that love is not all in the bedroom, but also in your parlor, in your kitchen, in your nursery - if you believe that cozy fireside of a home is still the most sacred ideal a man can aspire to - you will believe that simple virtue is more powerful than arrogance and that a man like Bjorn Faulkner would be brought to bow before it. Let your verdict tell us that none shall raise his head too high in defiance of our common standards!
- Night of January 16th, A play by Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand (on the essence of the play): Your life, your achievement, your happiness, your person are of paramount importance. Live up to your highest vision of yourself no matter what the circumstances you might encounter. An exalted view of self-esteem is a man's most admirable quality.
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