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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Quotes by L. Frank Baum: Context & Meanings

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“All you need is confidence in yourself.”

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Self-confidence is presented as the missing permission to use capacities that may already exist but have been underestimated or doubted.

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; the line appears in the story’s recurring contrast between perceived deficiency and existing ability.