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Writing has… been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.

Henrik Ibsen

If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.
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Man Master Procrastination Punctual World
To live is to war with trolls.
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Live Troll War
I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
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Majority Myself Revolution
A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.
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Frame Judgement Man Point Present Society System View Woman
A friend married is a friend lost.
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Friendship Lost Marriage
But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.
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Live Man Science Style
The greatest victory is defeat.
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Defeat Greatness One Liner Victory
Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
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Serious Sin Yourself
The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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Door Generation Myself Young
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
What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen.
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Fair Majority Support Truth
You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
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Love People Yourself
I believe that, before all else, I’m a human being, no less than you.
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Believe Equality Human Humanity Myself Value Worth
I’m no longer prepared to accept what people say and what’s written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.
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Acceptance Answer Finding Myself Preparation Try
The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life – he first individualizes.
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God Individual Life Man Struggle
Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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Desire Impossible Willing

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