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The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone. ↗

— James Baldwin

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There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. I have to exert myself and really say, oh God, I've got to see my friends 'cause I'm too content being by myself. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

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Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. ↗

— John Berger

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I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman. ↗

— Claire Danes

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Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I'm most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me. ↗

— Anne Hathaway

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The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone - at night. That's the nucleus of the first story in my collection and it's also where the title came from for the book. ↗

— Paul Kane

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All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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As I get older I'm more and more comfortable being alone. ↗

— Sienna Miller

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Don't go away. I don't want to be alone. I can't stand being alone. ↗

— Arnold Rothstein

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My favorite hobby is being alone. I like to be alone. I also like dancing, fishing, playing poker sometimes and vegetable gardening - corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, I have a big garden every year. ↗

— Emanuel Steward

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