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I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.

Henrik Ibsen

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
It’s a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty.
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Act Beautiful Courage Known Liberty
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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Ability Bird Independent Sing Throat
What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
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Brief Himself Man Responsibility
The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
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Destroy Existence Greatness Institution Task
That is the accursed thing about small surroundings — they make the soul small.
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Heart Small Soul Surround
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
The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time.
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Experience Time Willing Yourself
And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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Myself Run Ship
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
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
Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.
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Average Happiness Himself Man Stroke
To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?
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Crave Happiness Possession Revolution Simplicity World
You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.
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Happiness Love Pleasant Yourself
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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Accomplishment Greatness Secret Yourself
The starving poet business is no good nowadays.
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Business Goodness Poet Starve

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