949 private quotes tagged alone

“Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone.” — Susan Powter

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“I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it.” — Colin Quinn

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“Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.” — Terry Goodkind

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“The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.” — Kofi Annan

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“He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.” — Florence King

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“If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone.” — Arthur C. Brooks

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“Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, It is not good for a woman to live alone.” — Anna Held

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“You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.” — Johann Kaspar Lavater

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“Between 1910 and 1950 approximately 350 lives of Jesus were published in the English language alone.” — John Clayton

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“By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them.” — David Ricardo

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“I never wanted to go on stage alone because if you mess up, who can you blame?” — Patti LaBelle

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“I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not.” — Brooke Shields

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“It's good that the first half of the speech emphasized freedom, because George W. Bush has been the global champion for freedom. As he said, if we don't fight tyranny it will not leave us alone in peace.” — Ernest Istook

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“Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.” — Charles de Secondat

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“I sailboat raced, I love to go out on my motorcycle alone, but I also love my family dearly. I love that aspect of my life as well.” — Bob Seger

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“I've been left alone, even by the paparazzi, because what sells is sex and scandal. Absent that, they really don't have much interest in you. I'm still married, still working, still happy.” — Matt Damon

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“I don't know much about only children. I was the middle one of three, and if ever I was alone with mum and dad, it was a rare moment.” — Elizabeth Hurley

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“When I was old enough to go to movies alone, I got to see 'Frankenstein' and 'Dracula' on the big screen. I just fell in love with them.” — George A. Romero

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“It's very hard to write a song alone. It's only by jamming that you can get a song together.” — Maurice Gibb

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“I don't wanna hear nobody complain that they're getting paid all this money and people won't leave them alone. It's part of it.” — Mark Wahlberg

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“I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.” — Edie Falco

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“Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.” — John Webster

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“I like being alone and I think this movie, as much as it is an investigation of connection and people bonding, I also think it's just as much about loneliness.” — Jason Schwartzman

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“Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.” — John Berger

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“Young people discovering their sexuality must know they walk with a strong tradition and that they are not alone. They have a right to information without being pressured.” — Jasmine Guy

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