#lonely

If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely? ↗

— Judy Garland

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It's very lonely being a prominent black intellectual at an institution where you're the only prominent black intellectual. That was the model that was followed in the late 60s when black studies started. You'd get one here and one there and one here, like Johnny Appleseed. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#black #followed #get #here #institution

I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#black #feeling #felt #fine #gay

True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#because #i #lonely #prophetic #prophets

As far as loneliness, I feel Los Angeles and its layout, having to drive everywhere - it is a lonely place. It's an isolated city in that respect because you're driving to places alone listening to the radio. ↗

— Jason Schwartzman

#angeles #as far as #because #city #drive

It's no fun being lonely. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#fun #lonely

I think there is a difference between Slate and Salon. I think we both serve important functions on the Internet. As more and more Websites disappear, I'm thankful Slate is still around because it makes things less lonely. ↗

— David Talbot

#because #between #both #difference #disappear

I discovered that it was a lonely world being a solo artist. Then I started working with another solo artist, Rod Stewart, and he used to tell me how lonely he was! ↗

— Andy Taylor

#artist #being #discovered #how #i

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#ashamed #dying #graces #humble #let us

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#cannot #crowd #job #lead #lonely