Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand has been getting alot of attention lately. She first came to fame with "The Fountain Head"1943 which was made into a movie. Her most famous novel is Atlas Shrugged 1957. It is in that novel that the phrase "Going Gault" was derived.
Here is a speech from Fountain Head: It makes you think about today's political philosophies. "The creator's concern is the conquest of nature. The parasite's concern is the conquest of men" http://www.youtube.com/v/Zc7oZ9yWqO4..._embedded&fs=1 |
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The movie Atlas Shrugged was released April 15th 2011. It is only in 300 theatres. I have to drive 80 miles to see it so I am going during the week when we already had a trip planned. Attendence is reported very good but most "critics" hate it. I am reading the book for the first time and it is very good. Anyone else read the book or seen the movie yet?
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The "individual against the collective". It was a cleansing speech. |
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The movie was just completed and released
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http://www.atlasshruggedpart1.com/theaters JJ |
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wrong movie
Richie,
I believe your quotation of the individual vs the collective is from a Star Trek movie. Live long and prosper. Now this is a drink for a man." -- Scott "Scotch?" -- Checkov "Aye." -- Scott "It vas inwented by a little old lady in Lenningrad." -- Checkov I signed aboard this ship to practice medicine, not to have my atoms scattered back and forth across space by this gadget." -- McCoy And especially for the future 2nd Amendment readers - "The best diplomat that I know is a fully-loaded phaser bank." -- Lt. Cdr. Montgomery Scott |
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Could he still be in our midst? Xavier |
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I really never believed much in reincarnation. But here on these pages, it happens every day.
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I dont have an IPAD but..
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It is my understanding there is an app for your Ipad that allows you to read thousands of free ebooks, free library books, and pay books from Amazon or Barnes and Nobles. Atlas Shrugged is not free. Anthem is free. I have those two so far. JJ |
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I first hear of Rand in the late 1970s when I saw an album in a record store (remember those?) that caught my eye. Scanning the stuff on the back, I immediately bought the album, went home and played it. Inside, there was a "thank you" to Ayn Rand for her inspiration.
The group was "Rush" - they're still releasing albums these days. The name of the album was "2112", and the title track was a 20-minute-plus opus on the individual versus the state. Quote:
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