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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.

Henrik Ibsen

You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
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
It is no use lying to one’s self.
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Lying Oneself Self
The younger generation will come knocking at my door.
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Door Generation Myself Young
The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That’s one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population — the intelligent ones or the fools?
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Fools Freedom Intelligence Lying Majority People Population Right
So to conduct one’s life as to realize oneself-this seems to me the highest attainment possible to a human being. It is the task of one and all of us, but most of us bungle it.
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Life Myself Possible Realize
What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
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Be Yourself Myself Original Self Love
Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
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Serious Sin Yourself
Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
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Borrow Debt Finding Home Life
Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.
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Desire Impossible Willing
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
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Action Impact Impression Oneself Value Word
I’m inclined to think we are all ghosts-every one of us. It’s not just what we inherit from our mothers and fathers that haunts us. Its all kinds of old defunct theories, all sorts of old defunct beliefs, and things like that.
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Belief Inheritance Mom Myself Thinking
The starving poet business is no good nowadays.
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Business Goodness Poet Starve
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
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Doubt Ground Stand Yourself
Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
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Food Friendship Happiness Important Material Money Peace Reality Value Wisdom

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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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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