949 private quotes tagged alone

“All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone.” — Christian Lous Lange

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“All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.” — Jean de la Bruyere

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“I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone.” — Elayne Boosler

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“Remember, the burden of sorrow is doubled when it is borne alone.” — Goran Persson

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“Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.” — Paul Tournier

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“Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.” — Martin Heidegger

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“Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.” — Evelyn Waugh

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“On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people and then I go home alone.” — Janis Joplin

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“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.” — Pearl S. Buck

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“I want to be alone.” — Greta Garbo

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“I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.” — Ingrid Bergman

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“Don't go away. I don't want to be alone. I can't stand being alone.” — Arnold Rothstein

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“A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.” — Oliver Goldsmith

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“Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.” — Martha Beck

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“I don't like to work with assistants. I'm already one too many the camera alone would be enough.” — Alfred Eisenstaedt

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“We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.” — Anton Chekhov

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“Remember we're all in this alone.” — Lily Tomlin

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“A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable.” — Eileen Caddy

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“The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline... because you need to be alone to find out anything.” — Vivienne Westwood

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“Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have.” — James Dean

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“A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.” — Boethius

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“No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.” — Calvin Coolidge

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“When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life.” — Whitney Houston

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“If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.” — Maxwell Maltz

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“I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.” — Whitney Houston

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