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George Bernard Shaw was probably right when he wrote, “No man is free until he is a master of himself!” In order to be free, you must be responsible for your own actions. You must be able to think for yourself. You must be able to make choices that are not based on your emotions or other people’s expectations. Only then can you truly live according to your own desires, because you are no longer under anyone else’s control.
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