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Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.

Henrik Ibsen

Helmer: “Before all else you are a wife and a mother.” Nora: “That I no longer believe. I believe that before all else I am a human being.”
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Human Myself Responsibility Role
What’s to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.
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Cold Healing Sick Sound
When you’ve sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don’t do it second time.
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Sold Time Value Yourself
There is always a risk in being alive, and if you are more alive, there is more risk.
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Adventure Alive Risk Yourself
It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.
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Act Courage Known Possible Release
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
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Freedom Society Spirituality Truth
I have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
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Equality Myself Sacred
Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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Desire Impossible Willing
Helmer: I would gladly work night and day for you. Nora- bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrafice his honor for the one he loves. Nora: It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done.
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Day Man Night Sorrow Woman
Most critical fault-finding, when reduced to its essentials, simply amounts to reproach of the author because he is himself — thinks, feels, sees, and creates, as himself, instead of seeing and creating in the way the critic would have done.
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Criticism Essential Feeling Finding Himself Mistake Thinking
I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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Mindset Myself Society
A thousand words can’t make the mark a single deed will leave.
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Action Leave Word
In great memories there lies the seed of growth.
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Greatness Growth Memories
To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.
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Agony Death Execution Himself Willing
I’m afraid for all those who’ll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!
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Afraid Capital Education Invention Machine Myself Science
It’s such sport with these heroes of finance: they are like beads on a string – when one slips off, all the rest follow.
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Finance Follow Rest Sports

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