#alienate

As I began to discover my own truth and endeavored to possess it with clarity, I became more and more alienated from that which my companions held, or professed to hold. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#became #began #clarity #companions #discover

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers. ↗

— John Grisham

#alienate #anything #getting #one thing #pulpit

I think most writers feel like they're on the outside looking in much of the time. All of us feel, to a certain extent, alienated from the stuff going on around us. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#around #certain #certain extent #extent #feel

So I, for one, didn't feel alienated by what happened in 77. ↗

— Peter Hammill

#feel #happened #i

Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#allies #canada #degree #events #influence

The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#because #brought #down #government #house

Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#bring #fantasy #myth #supposed #together

I think if you alienate people and just focus on your work then it just becomes lonely and it's not fun anymore. ↗

— Julianne Hough

#anymore #becomes #focus #fun #i

I felt alienated at school, and I never did well with girls. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#did #felt #i #never #school

When you stop to think about it, so many films today where we don't have that kind of contact are films about alienation. About alienated feelings. We are much more alienated from our colleagues nowadays. ↗

— Elmer Bernstein

#alienated #alienation #colleagues #contact #feelings