The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand

About the Book


This instant classic is the story of an intransigent young architect, his violent battle against conventional standards, and his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him.

Here is a novel about a hero - and about those who try to destroy him.

Moral


Do not lead a second-hander life.

"The code of the creator is built on the needs of the reasoning mind which allows man to survive.
The code of the second-hander is built on the needs of a mind incapable of survival."

"The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himself. His moral law is never to place his prime goal within the persons of others. His moral obligation is to do what he wishes, provided his wish does not depend primarily upon other men. This includes the whole sphere of his creative faculty, his thinking, his work. But it does not include the sphere of the gangster, the altruist and the dictator."
"A man thinks and works alone. A man cannot rob, exploit or rule - alone. Robbery, exploitation and ruling presuppose victims. They imply dependence. They are the province of the second-hander."


About the Author


Ayn Rand's unique philosophy, Objectivism, has gained a worldwide audience.

The Essentials of Objectivism

My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute. 
- Ayn Rand

Objectivism is an integrated system of thought that defines the abstract principles by which a man must think and act if he is to live the life proper to man.

Ayn Rand first portrayed her philosophy in the form of the heroes of her bestselling novels, The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957). She later expressed her philosophy in nonfiction form.

The List Of Books/Novels Read By Me In The Year 2011

(1) The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand (Modern Classic) - Bestseller for Decades


(2) Six Thinking Hats - Edward de Bono - The International Bestseller

Date a girl who reads

"Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.

Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.

Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes."

— Rosemary Urquico

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Smile :)

'SMILE' is the true expression of happiness and everyone smiles in the same language. It is this fact that makes smile a universal language. It comes from the heart; thus, there are no misinterpretations.


"So, start a smile epidemic and spread it to everyone you know!"

Shoe & Foot

What did the shoe and the foot do on their first date?
They walked together.


I feel most embarrassed when I am left open -
Confessions of a shoe lace


What is a foot with a loose character called?
FOOT LOOSE


Walk a mile with a smile


Once, a foot said to the shoe
'You complete me'


Stiletto caught sneaking out with the boot -
SHOE BIZZ

Lateral Thinking

*This puzzle is called Lateral Thinking .** *
Scroll down slowly and be honest to yourself.

*Think like a wizard . . .
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      man
1. ------------
     board

















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Ans. = man overboard




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*Okay, let's see if you've got the hang of it.






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     stand
2. ------------
         i
















*Ans. = I understand
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OK . . .




*Got the drift ?
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*Let's try a few now and see *

*how you fare ?
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3. /r/e/a/d/i/n/g/








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Ans. = reading between the lines








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4.

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    road
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Ans. = cross road








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Not having a good day now, are you ?*

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Redeem yourself.*






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5. cycle
   cycle
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Ans. = tricycle








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Not easy to figure out ha!
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         0
6. ------------
      M.D.
      Ph.D.








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Ans. = two degrees below zero






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C'mon give it a little thought ! ! *






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*7. *knee

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Ans. = neon light




*( knee - on - light )
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U can prove u r smart by getting this one.






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           ground
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feet feet feet feet feet feet












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Ans. = six feet underground






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Oh no, not again ! !*






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9. he's X himself








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Ans. = he's by himself






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Now u messing up big time. *






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10. ecnalg








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Ans. = backward glance








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Not even close ! !*






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11. death ..... life








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Ans. = life after death








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Okay last chance ..................*

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12. THINK








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Ans. = think big ! !






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And the last one is real fundoo - - -






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13. ababaaabbbbaaaabbbbababaabbaaabbbb...





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Ans. = long time no 'C'



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THE WOMAN IN LIFE - WILL MAKE U CRY

Tomorrow you may get a working woman, but you should marry her with these facts as well.

Here is a girl, who is as much educated as you are;
Who is earning almost as much as you do;

One, who has dreams and aspirations just as
you have because she is as human as you are;

One, who has never entered the kitchen in her life just like you or your
Sister haven't, as she was busy in studies and competing in a system
that gives no special concession to girls for their culinary achievements

One, who has lived and loved her parents & brothers & sisters, almost as
much as you do for 20-25 years of her life;

One, who has bravely agreed to leave behind all that, her home, people who love her, to adopt your home, your family, your ways and even your family name

One, who is somehow expected to be a master-chef from day #1, while you sleep oblivious to her predicament in her new circumstances, environment and that kitchen

One, who is expected to make the tea, first thing in the morning and cook
food at the end of the day, even if she is as tired as you are, maybe more,
and yet never ever expected to complain; to be a servant, a cook, a mother,
a wife, even if she doesn't want to; and is learning just like you are as
to what you want from her; and is clumsy and sloppy at times and knows that you won't like it if she is too demanding, or if she learns faster than you;

One, who has her own set of friends, and that includes boys and even men at her workplace too, those, who she knows from school days and yet is willing to put all that on the back-burners to avoid your irrational jealousy, unnecessary competition and your inherent insecurities;

Yes, she can drink and dance just as well as you can, but won't, simply
Because you won't like it, even though you say otherwise

One, who can be late from work once in a while when deadlines, just like yours, are to be met;

One, who is doing her level best and wants to make this most important,
relationship in her entire life a grand success, if you just help her some
and trust her;

One, who just wants one thing from you, as you are the only one she knows in your entire house - your unstinted support, your sensitivities and most importantly - your understanding, or love, if you may call it.

But not many guys understand this...... 

Please appreciate "HER" 


I hope you will do....

The Obedient Wife

There was a man who had worked all his life, had saved all of his money, and was a real "miser" when it came to his money.
Just before he died, he said to his wife.... "When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me. I want to take my money to the afterlife with me." And so he got his wife to promise him, with all of her heart, that when he died, she would put all of the money into the casket with him.
Well, he died. 


He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there - dressed in black, and her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished the ceremony, and just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said,"Wait just a moment!" She had a small metal box with her; she came over with the box and put it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked the casket down and they rolled it away. 


So her friend said, "Girl, I know you were not fool enough to put all that money in there with your husband."

The loyal wife replied, "Listen, I'm a Christian; I cannot go back on my word. I promised him that I was going to put that money into the casket with him.
" You mean to tell me you put that money in the casket with him!?!?!?"
"I sure did," said the wife. "I got it all together, put it into my account, and wrote him a check.... If he can cash it, then he can spend it   


Share this with every clever female you know, and to every man who thinks they are smarter than women !!!

Do not stick with one job for a long time!

A taxi passenger tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask him a question.


The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went up on
the footpath, and stopped centimeters from a shop window.


For a second everything went quiet in the cab, then the driver said:


"Look mate, don't ever do that again. You scared the hell out of me!".


The passenger apologized and said, "I didn't realize that a little tap
would scare you so much."


The driver replied, "Sorry, it's not really your fault. Today is my first
day as a cab driver - I've been driving a van carrying dead Bodies for last
25 years...


MORAL: Do not stick with one job for a long time!