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Henrik Ibsen

Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
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Character Mindset Myself Soul Wrinkle Writing
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
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Animal Excuse Experiment Journal Politician Science
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
If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
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Lying Myself Writing
When we dead awaken. We see that we have never lived.
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Awakening Dead Live
I’m plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring the majority rallying round? Truths so elderly they are practically senile. And when a truth is as old as that, gentlemen, you can hardly tell it from a lie.
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Lying Old Practice Revolution Truth Yourself
Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
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Hold Judgement Poetry Soul Yourself
The strongest men are the most alone.
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Alone Man Strong
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
Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical.
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Cruel Myself Touch
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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Community Myself Preparation
Nobody can put a character on paper without – at any rate in part and at times – sitting as a model for it himself.
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Character Himself Modeling Rate
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
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Doubt Ground Stand Yourself
That is the accursed thing about small surroundings — they make the soul small.
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Heart Small Soul Surround
Oh yes, right-right. What is the use of having right on your side if you have not got might?
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Right Side Yourself
What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
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Brief Himself Man Responsibility
Don’t use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.
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Excellence Foreign Ideal Lying Word
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
Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.
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Darkness Existence Fight Force Ourselves
Everything that I have written is closely related to something that I have lived through.
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Close Live Myself Relate Writing
A forest bird never wants a cage.
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Bird Cage Forest Freedom Wild
I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
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Majority Myself Revolution
I don’t imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.
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Fact Imagination Myself Present Willing
The majority never has right on its side.
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Majority Right Side
Many a man can save himself if he admits he’s done wrong and takes his punishment.
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Himself Man Punishment Save Wrong
It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.
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Achievement Man Transformation Willing
Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won.
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Action Dare Game Happiness Winning

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