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" In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone. "

John Kenneth Galbraith

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" If I'm alone too long I think too much, and I'm not interested in doing that. That won't lead anywhere good, I'm sure. If I'm busy I tend to stay out of trouble. An idle mind is the devil's playground. "

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" Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. "

" When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. "

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" I just find it absolutely bizarre that we are being lectured by the Americans about giving up our sovereignty and giving up control when the Americans won't even sign up to the international convention on the law of the seas, let alone the International Criminal Court. "

" I think it's interesting that 'cologne' rhymes with 'alone.' "

" The picture alone, without the written word, leaves half the story untold. "

" Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. "

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" A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation. "

Thomas Francis Meagher

" Biodiversity can't be maintained by protecting a few species in a zoo, or by preserving greenbelts or national parks. To function properly, nature needs more room than that. It can maintain itself, however, without human expense, without zookeepers, park rangers, foresters or gene banks. All it needs is to be left alone. "

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" The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. "

James Russell Lowell

" Sparky Anderson taught me this a long time ago: 'There's three ways you can treat a person. You can pat 'em on the butt, you can kick 'em in the butt, or you can leave 'em alone.' "

" On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone. "

" The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness. "

" It was because of Henderson that I stayed... It was he and he alone who kept me in Toronto and in Canada. Were it not for Henderson, I believe insulin would have been a product of the United States. "

Frederick Banting

" When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last. "

" We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact that we begin to love ourselves properly and thus also love others. "

" The thought of being on my own really terrified me. But then I realized being alone is really a cleansing thing. "

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" Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves. "

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" No books ever go into my laboratory. The thing I am to do and the way are revealed to me the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain, I would be helpless. Only alone can I draw close enough to God to discover His secrets. "

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" There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished. "

John Kenneth Galbraith

" That can be the most painstaking aspect of being a teen, figuring out what the world really looks like. If you find someone in a book, you know you're not alone and that's what's so comforting about books. "

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" I think everyone feels alone in their sadness, and there's a certain value to hearing other people's sad stories. "

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