Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.
Henrik IbsenRead
Each bird must sing with his own throat.
Interpretation
Each person has their own unique voice and perspective that they should express.
The quote suggests that individuality is essential for true expression and creativity. Just as birds have distinct songs that are natural to them, humans should embrace their own insights and experiences, sharing them authentically rather than conforming to external expectations.
In practice
In a motivational speech about the importance of personal authenticity.
Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.
The majority never has right on its side. Never, I say! That is one of these social lies against which an independent, intelligent men must wage war. Who is it that constitute the majority of the population in a country? Is it the clever folk, or the stupid? I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.
I believe that before anything else I'm a human being -- just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them.
Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your emancipation. You have read yourself into a number of new ideas and opinions. You have got a sort of smattering of recent discoveries in various fields - discoveries that seem to overthrow certain principles which have hitherto been held impregnable and unassailable. But all this has only been a matter of intellect, Miss West - superficial acquisition. It has not passed into your blood.
One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to fight for freedom.
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!
Without music, life would be a mistake.
The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct its appeal.
Playing in my early bands, working as a studio musician, producing and going to art school was, in retrospect, my apprenticeship. I was learning and creating a solid foundation of ideas, but I wasn't really playing music.
I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity.
I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, 'Grace Kelly.' She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.
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