JetmamaDiDi wrote:

Here is the Ayn Rand quote from Atlas Shrugged. Tell me that there isn't a whole lot of truth in it! Just be prepared; it is long.

"Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power all philosophers. But, in fact, a man's sexual choice is the result of the sum of his fundamental convictions. Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive and I will tell you his entire philosophy of life.

"Show me the woman he sleeps with and I will tell you his valuation of himself. No matter what corruption he's taught about the virtue of selflessness, sex is the most profoundly selfish of all acts, an act which he cannot perform for any motive but his own enjoyment; just try to think of performing it in a spirit of selfless charity! An act which is not possible in self-abatement, only in self-exaltation, only in the confidence of being desired and being worthy of desire. It is an act that forces him to stand naked in spirit, as well as in body, and to accept his real ego as his standard value. He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience or to fake a sense of self-esteem.

"The man who is proudly certain of his own value will want the highest type of woman he can find, the woman he admires, the strongest, the hardest to conquer because only the possession of a heroine will give him the sense of an achievement, not the possession of a brainless slut."
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

wow.....that is a powerful statement .....thanks for sharing it ......I never thought about it in that way before ......hmmmmmmmmmm

JetmamaDiDi wrote:

april6263 wrote:

JetmamaDiDi wrote:

 
NO IDEA!!! LOL LOL

Weren't we pretty sure he was in NYC when Lizzie, et al went back?? I think so.

Yeah we thought maybe he was.......but looking at the snap chat vid are we sure it was taken in LA?????.......who was that holding the controller??????

 Yeah--who's the bald guy?? I don't think the guy with the GPS or gyro or whatever is Maks, do you?

I thought the bald guy holding the controller looked a bit like Papa C .......that's why I was asking where the LA came from......hmmmmmmmmmm........another mystery I guess

april6263 wrote:

JetmamaDiDi wrote:

Here is the Ayn Rand quote from Atlas Shrugged. Tell me that there isn't a whole lot of truth in it! Just be prepared; it is long.

"Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power all philosophers. But, in fact, a man's sexual choice is the result of the sum of his fundamental convictions. Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive and I will tell you his entire philosophy of life.

"Show me the woman he sleeps with and I will tell you his valuation of himself. No matter what corruption he's taught about the virtue of selflessness, sex is the most profoundly selfish of all acts, an act which he cannot perform for any motive but his own enjoyment; just try to think of performing it in a spirit of selfless charity! An act which is not possible in self-abatement, only in self-exaltation, only in the confidence of being desired and being worthy of desire. It is an act that forces him to stand naked in spirit, as well as in body, and to accept his real ego as his standard value. He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience or to fake a sense of self-esteem.

"The man who is proudly certain of his own value will want the highest type of woman he can find, the woman he admires, the strongest, the hardest to conquer because only the possession of a heroine will give him the sense of an achievement, not the possession of a brainless slut."
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

wow.....that is a powerful statement .....thanks for sharing it ......I never thought about it in that way before ......hmmmmmmmmmm

 
I didn't either, although I read Atlas Shrugged maaaaany years ago!  There is so much profundity there, you could write an essay about every aspect and really come up with some amazing stuff!

Well I need to head out ......I have an early morning  and I have company coming into town for the weekend tomorrow too   talk to you tomorrow .....goodnight



 

JetmamaDiDi wrote:

april6263 wrote:

JetmamaDiDi wrote:

Here is the Ayn Rand quote from Atlas Shrugged. Tell me that there isn't a whole lot of truth in it! Just be prepared; it is long.

"Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power all philosophers. But, in fact, a man's sexual choice is the result of the sum of his fundamental convictions. Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive and I will tell you his entire philosophy of life.

"Show me the woman he sleeps with and I will tell you his valuation of himself. No matter what corruption he's taught about the virtue of selflessness, sex is the most profoundly selfish of all acts, an act which he cannot perform for any motive but his own enjoyment; just try to think of performing it in a spirit of selfless charity! An act which is not possible in self-abatement, only in self-exaltation, only in the confidence of being desired and being worthy of desire. It is an act that forces him to stand naked in spirit, as well as in body, and to accept his real ego as his standard value. He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience or to fake a sense of self-esteem.

"The man who is proudly certain of his own value will want the highest type of woman he can find, the woman he admires, the strongest, the hardest to conquer because only the possession of a heroine will give him the sense of an achievement, not the possession of a brainless slut."
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

wow.....that is a powerful statement .....thanks for sharing it ......I never thought about it in that way before ......hmmmmmmmmmm

 
I didn't either, although I read Atlas Shrugged maaaaany years ago! There is so much profundity there, you could write an essay about every aspect and really come up with some amazing stuff!

it sounds like it.......and gives a different perspective on things too