“I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men.”
— Maria Mitchell
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“Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.”
— Thomas Browne
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“When I was producing on my own, I was doing it in order to – in a very patriarchal entertainment industry, let alone planet – very much hell-bent on trying to prove to myself, if nothing else, that I could do it as a woman.”
— Alanis Morissette
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“To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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“Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.”
— Anna Held
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“Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone.”
— David Brooks
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“We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.”
— Jules Verne
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“The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.”
— Stendhal
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“I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone – when the time was right for me.”
— Christy Turlington
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“If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.”
— John Burroughs
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“I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.”
— Edie Falco
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