“That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity.”
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“Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation.”
“I had never walked on the street alone when I was growing up in Calcutta, up to age 20. I had never handled money. You know, there was always a couple of bodyguards behind me, who took care if I wanted... I needed pencils for school, I needed a notebook, they were the ones who were taking out the money. I was constantly guarded.”
“It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.”
“It's necessary to start most work alone. But I'm tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether it's borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate.”
“I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.”
“And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. But there is a knowing when it's enough and you can leave it alone.”
“I love photo sessions. I'm alone, I'm the queen, everyone's taking care of me.”
“The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition.”
“What We want is to make it possible for our unfortunate people to live a life of industry for it is by steady work alone that we hope for our physical and moral rehabilitation. For this reason above all we have undertaken to rally our people around our ideal.”
“And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.”
“If there's ever an example that military power alone cannot be successful in Afghanistan, I think it was the Soviet experience.”
“It is very frightening to feel alone when you are standing against a rich and powerful person and all his attendant helpers.”
“I think the Mother is gradually revealing itself to me and taking over. But it is not the Mother alone. It is the Mother and the Father, the male and the female, sort of gradually having their marriage.”
“When anything goes digital, let alone something as immaterial as a book, there is a tendency to see it as just in the air to be taken, and to lose the sense that somebody once made it.”
“Traditionally, Medicare's assurance has been that for the elderly and persons with disabilities that they will not be alone when confronted with the full burden of their health care costs.”
“Myspace alone has just over 80 million users and ranks as the sixth most popular English language website and the eighth most popular site in the world.”
“I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me.”
“Man, I hate to get depressing on you, but I don't have a game. I'm so alone, so depressed, so dark, no.”
“Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.”
“If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone.”
“When you see a struggle that you may be having personally put on a big screen and in a roomful of people, then it makes you feel less crazy or alone, because you're seeing that other people are dealing with it too. You get to see in this imaginary scenario how people might try and answer some questions or deal with some problems.”
“It is my personality alone that has brought back the waltz and made it a global craze.”
“I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence.”