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alone

Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without ones willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that one must live alone, obsessively. – Joyce Carol Oates

Im fiercely independent, but Im also terrified of being alone. – Adam Levine

As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. Id get ready by myself. Id set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up. – Janet Jackson

But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldnt at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of whats going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone. – Nancy Kerrigan

Im not saying that theres anything better than mated bliss at its best, but Im saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we havent quite given ourselves permission to recognize that. – Barbara Feldon

It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in between that can give us the illusion that were not, we cling to. – Gabriel Byrne

Most bands dont even last fourteen months let alone fourteen years. – Peter Steele

Its always easier if you have the support of your family, if youre not alone. I came from a country that has been through a lot of troubles in the last 20 to 30 years, but we have been through them together. – Novak Djokovic

Its an amazing feeling to go into a studio and really be alone. – Joaquin Phoenix

Im never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone. – Scipio Africanus

Im ultimately a widow and a single mother, whos not even getting to be a mother right now. I am so alone, its freaky. – Courtney Love

I learned why out riding alone is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse. – Jane Smiley

You cant get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories in an hour. If youve got fat on your body, the exercise firms and tones the muscles. But when you use that tape measure, what makes it bigger? Its the fat! – Jack LaLanne

Im not into watching stuff I did last week, let alone three or four years ago. – Chris Hemsworth

Postmodernism surely requires an even greater grasp of symbolism, as its increasingly an art of gesture alone. – Andrew Eldritch

Im a workaholic. Before long Im traveling on my nervous energy alone. This is incredibly exhausting. – Eva Gabor

Women are smart in business and dumb in love. They wont date outside their zip code, let alone outside the city. They are city snobs. – Patti Stanger

Im really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind. – Sarah McLachlan

I think sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say the same thing that youre going through to realize that youre not alone. I try to put some sense of hope into the songs, into whatever the situation is so that its not just dirt, drudgery and a life of misery. – Sarah McLachlan

Its only when youre alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources. – Paul Theroux