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I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

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Henry David Thoreau
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Category: Loneliness

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. I think you can't really escape any kind of spiritual education as a child whether it's New Age or Judaism or Buddhism or whatever it is. You can't escape it even if you completely disagree with it you still have it as a foundation that you base things off of.
  • 2. The kids are old enough now – I just want to let them be kids. I don't want to comment on them too much. They're at an age where I just want to let them be kids.
  • 3. I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15.

2 Amazing

  • 1. If you saw Queen Elizabeth it would be amazing she came from another planet. She was so attractive in what she was wearing.
  • 2. It's amazing how everyone has an opinion on how you should live your life.
  • 3. I grew up in a Christian home with amazing parents.

3 Anger

  • 1. The anger that appears to be building up between the sexes becomes more virulent with every day that passes. And far from women taking the blame… the fact is that men are invariably portrayed as the bad guys. Being a good man is like being a good Nazi.
  • 2. Let us not look back in anger nor forward in fear but around in awareness.
  • 3. Although you may spend your life killing You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger your real enemy will be slain.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union they insist there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which in my book is a good definition for friendship.
  • 2. It was very hard for all of us. It's still very hard. The anniversary of his death just passed and every single one of his friends still after all these years… it's unbelievable.
  • 3. June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope.

5 Architecture

  • 1. When I'm in London Claridge's is a great favourite. I'm a big fan of art deco architecture and the rooms are extraordinary.
  • 2. I like things that are kind of eclectic when one thing doesn't go with another. That's why I love Rome. The town itself is that way. It's where Fascist architecture meets classic Renaissance where the ancient bangs up against the contemporary. It has a touch of everything. That's my style and that's what my work is about.
  • 3. The process I go through in the art and the architecture I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.
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