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People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand o

People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work. – Tahar Ben Jelloun

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The Christmas Song, by Nat King Cole, is not only a masterful performance to me it just sounds like the holidays. Ive never sung it, because Nats version is so perfect. I gotta leave it alone. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet. – Franz Kafka

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Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful. – Albert Camus

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Schizophrenia beats dining alone. – Oscar Levant

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