949 private quotes tagged alone

“I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.” — Paul Cezanne

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“The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.” — Stendhal

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“I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the exterminator.” — Emo Philips

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“The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.” — Rene Descartes

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“Only the lonely know the way I feel tonight.” — Roy Orbison

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“The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.” — Pope John XXIII

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

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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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