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" I think female solitude is a mental condition as well as a physical state. You can be married and a spinster. I think spinster is an identity every woman can claim, if she will... I feel like a lot of women, or a lot of feminists, joke about taking to the sea or living alone in a cottage as this kind of fun freedom. "

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" In South Korea, they believe that when you turn 60, you've become a baby again and the rest of your life should be totally about joy and happiness, and people should leave you alone, and I just think that that's the height of intelligence. "

" From 18 to 22, I was alone, living in L.A. with a bunch of friends, partying. "

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" I feel most at home when I'm alone. That's not sad. It's just I feel closest to source and connection when I'm by myself. "

" People eat duck and you think, well, we've got loads of chickens, leave the ducks alone! "

" The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone. "

" I'm fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I'd like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don't like being alone because they truly don't like themselves, but I love me. "

" Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice. "

" You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories in an hour. If you've got fat on your body, the exercise firms and tones the muscles. But when you use that tape measure, what makes it bigger? It's the fat! "

" Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone. "

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" No one wanted me to be a conscientious objector. My parents certainly didn't want it. My teacher and mentor, Joe Brearley, didn't want it. My friends didn't want it. I was alone. "

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" I know that I came into the world with what I call 'big dharma' - with a blueprint to teach self-reliance and a positive loving approach to large numbers of people all over the globe. I am ever so grateful for the circumstances of my life that allowed me to be pretty much left alone and to develop as I was so intended in this incarnation. "

" In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn. "

" It's one thing to experience your Broadway debut alone, but to share it with an entire company was like summer camp or a college experience, where you were really growing up together. "

" Very much alone in my work, I am almost jealous of it. "

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" I couldn't handle the rules the Queen has to live by at all, and very few of us could. It's a golden cage, really. You're never alone in that role - you are always surrounded by security. "

" Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. "

" As a body everyone is single, as a soul never. "

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" For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying. "

" I have fun going on Twitter and the Internet. I feel safe and comfortable, and I wish everyone could feel that way. "

" I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realise is that you're not alone. "