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I don't want to be considered a hero.... imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. i am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero? i was not. i was just an ordinary housewife and secretary.

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I don't want to be considered a hero.... imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. i am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero? i was not. i was just an ordinary housewife and secretary.

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We all know of course, that we should never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever fiddle around in any way with electrical equipment. never.

Ordinary men live in fear all the time. didn't you know that? we're afraid of the weather, we're afraid of powerful men, we're afraid of the night and the monsters that lurk in the dark, we're afraid of growing old and of dying. sometimes we're even afraid of living. ordinary men are afraid almost every minute of their lives.

It concerns me when i see a small child watching the hero shoot the villain on television. it is teaching the small child to believe that shooting people is heroic. the hero just did it and it was effective. it was acceptable and the hero was well thought of afterward. if enough of us find inner peace to affect the institution of television, the little child will see the hero transform the villain and bring him to a good life. he'll see the hero do something significant to serve fellow human beings. so little children will get the idea that if you want to be a hero you must help people.

And when the sun rises we are afraid it might not remain when the sun sets we are afraid it might not rise in the morning when our stomachs are full we are afraid of indigestion when our stomachs are empty we are afraid we may never eat again when we are loved we are afraid love will vanish when we are alone we are afraid love will never return and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid so it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive

Do not be afriad! i can see that americans are not afraid. they are not afraid of the sun, they are not afraid of the wind, they are not afraid of 'today'. they are, generally speaking, brave, good people. and so i say to you today, always be brave. do not be afraid. do not be afraid. god is with you. do not be afraid to search for god-then you will truly be the land of the free, the home of the brave. god bless america.

Helmer; but this is disgraceful. is this the way you neglect your most sacred duties? nora: what do you consider is my most sacred duty? helmer: do i have to tell you that? isn't it your duty to your husband and children? nora:i have another duty, just as sacred. helmer: you can't have. what duty do you mean? nora: my duty to myself.

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