#alone

I'm very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television. ↗

— Johnny Cash

#i #lot #reading #really #room

The population forecast for the United States in 1970 is 170 million. The population forecast for Russia alone in 1970 is 251 million. The implications are clear. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#clear #forecast #implications #million #population

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

#benevolence #craving #gift #himself #implies

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#could #leave #life #people #wonderful

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone. ↗

— John Cheever

#i #kiss #like #precisely #reader

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#alone #learn #life #minuses #plusses

The more alone I am, the more focused I can get. I've written things with people, some of which I liked and others I think are total travesties. Collaborating is trying to make a piece of music and get someone else to come up with the ideas. What's the fun of that? ↗

— Alex Chilton

#am #collaborating #come #else #focused

I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone. ↗

— John Updike

#extent #government #i #i love #least

And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone. ↗

— Mos Def

#far #high #home #post #posting

I'm a happy man, because I am successful in what I do, of course; but what makes me most happy is I have people around me that I love and who love me back. This, for me, is the most important thing. Nobody likes to be alone. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#am #around #back #because #course