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You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.

Henrik Ibsen

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
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
Castles in the air – they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.
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Build Castle Easy
There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.
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Beautiful Freedom Home Life
The devil is compromise.
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Compromise Devil One Liner
Oh, life would be all right if we didn’t have to put up with these damned creditors who keep pestering us with the demands of their ideals.
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Deal Demand Life Right
Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother.
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Bad Early Family Hard Time Mom
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
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
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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Action Impact Impression Oneself Value Word
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
I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
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Mindset Myself Society
NORA: I must stand on my own two feet if I’m to get to know myself and the world outside. That’s why I can’t stay here with you any longer.
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Known Myself Stand World
Writing has… been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
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Freedom Health Myself Writing
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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Accomplishment Greatness Secret Yourself
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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Community Myself Preparation

You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.

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