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To Be The Kind Of Writer You Want To Be, You Must First Be The Kind Of Thinker You Want To Be.
-Ayn Rand
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To Be The Kind Of Writer You
Ayn Rand
To Be The Kind Of Writer You Want To Be, You Must First Be The Kind Of Thinker You Want To Be.
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