"Solitude does not consist in living alone; it consists in living with others, with people who take no interest in you."

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Source : Octave Mirbeau (1911). “The Experiences of a Ladies' Maid”

Octave Mirbeau

#People Quotes #Solitude Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Every golf course should have its carbon rating on the scorecard, alongside its Course Rating, Slope, par and yardage.”
“Great sport has intellectual beauty.”
“I studied at the Academy during the years of economic sanctions. Life was almost dead because the sanctions imposed on Iraq by the civilized world were so strict.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“C'est vrai. VoilÃ¡ quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do).”
“When one has no character, one HAS to apply a method. Here it did wonders incontrovertibly, and I am living on the site of one of the greatest crimes in human history.”
“What gave transcendent importance to the aggressiveness of power was the fact that its natural prey, its necessary victim, was liberty, or law, or right.”

Source : Bernard Bailyn (2012). “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”, p.57, Harvard University Press
“A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'”
“One day I received a call from my agent, he asked me to put myself on tape for a film that was being cast in LA. I was thrilled at the possibility alone.”

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