949 private quotes tagged alone

“We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them.” — Maurice Maeterlinck

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“You ask me if I will not be glad when the last battle is fought, so far as the country is concerned I, of course, must wish for peace, and will be glad when the war is ended, but if I answer for myself alone, I must say that I shall regret to see the war end.” — George Armstrong Custer

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“I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do.” — Jack Vance

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“I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.” — Joichi Ito

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“Most photographers work best alone, myself included.” — Elliott Erwitt

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“It proved easier to buy the farm to get the mineral rights than to buy the coal rights alone.” — Orville Redenbacher

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“No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.” — Jackson Browne

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“Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.” — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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“The great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so sensibly felt as in those in contemplation.” — James Monroe

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“The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi.” — Beth Henley

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“I like to have a massage therapist come to my house, get a massage, take a bath, go to bed. That's a perfect night alone for me.” — Stacy Keibler

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“Research and development needs permanent tax credits to build the technology that spurs our growth. But no government programs alone can get America's students to study more science and math parents must push and help their children to meet this goal.” — Ernest Istook

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“I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company.” — Don Henley

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“We are very anxious to bring the Jews of Morocco over and we are doing all we can to achieve this. But we cannot count on the Jews of Morocco alone to build the country, because they have not been educated for this.” — Moshe Sharett

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“When I work alone, it can be like dabbling with a canvas. Maybe you paint over bits, and it starts to form its own life and lead you off in a direction. It becomes an intuitive, subconscious process.” — Lindsey Buckingham

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“Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone.” — Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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“When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it's more like movie making.” — Lindsey Buckingham

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“Now that I have found someone, I'm feeling more alone... than I ever have before.” — Ben Folds

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“Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.” — Naveen Jain

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“I didn't need clothes. I was allowed the opportunity to act out moments you don't get the opportunity to experience in your own life, let alone as a character in a film. I didn't feel naked.” — Marguerite Moreau

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“Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.” — Akhenaton

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“For a while I couldn't leave the house by myself. Even if I was just grocery shopping alone, I'd get self-conscious.” — Shannen Doherty

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“But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm.” — Algernon H. Blackwood

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“Hiking is the best workout!... You can hike for three hours and not even realize you're working out. And, hiking alone lets me have some time to myself.” — Jamie Luner

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“I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans.” — Michael Chertoff

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