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" After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again. "

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" What I am afraid of is the first thing I was ever aware of being afraid of and what I have told my daughter countless times she need not fear: being alone in the dark. It is a small prison of emotion from which there is no escape. It is also, in its own way, a shattering revelation. "

" I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone. "

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" Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts. "

" Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. "

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" I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. "

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" With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone. "

" When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. "

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" I'm very happy alone. "

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