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| - Robert Douglas as Ellsworth Toohey in "The Fountainhead" (1949) - Wiki - |
Isn’t that the root of every despicable action? Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable front. He knows himself to be dishonest, but others think he’s honest and he derives his self-respect from that, second-hand.