"for many people, loneliness was an experience of time. 'Not knowing what to do with yourself' was the way it was usually put."

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Source : Louise Bernikow (1986). “Alone in America: the search for companionship”, Harpercollins

Louise Bernikow

#Loneliness Quotes #Knowing Quotes #People Quotes

“It is nonsense for the Government to allow any loopholes for religious homophobia. Bigotry is bigotry whether it's dressed up in the language of faith or not.”
“Not really a first thing I will buy, but the first thing I would do is take care of my mother and my family and then go from there. Whatever she needs. Not so much a house or car or material things, just making sure everything is taken care of from a family standpoint.”

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“Landscape painting tends to fall under more academic controls. I must say I often like working within these controls. It gives me the feeling that I'm taking part in a noble tradition.”
“We refuse to lie here in dishonor! We are not criminals, but Irishmen! This is the crime of which we stand accused.”
“I hope people think of me as a bit older. I do have a beard. That makes me look very old.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“In France now, there's no problem with official censorship. Once your movie is finished, you always are R-rated. My movie is just R-rated in France. But when you meet French producers with a script like mine, they behave like the most fragile chickens in the world. They just tell you "Oh, no. You should cut this. You should cut that." And at the end you have been totally censored on the synopsis, and then on the script.”
“I feel awed by the mystery of being both so finite and yet so infinite, so much and so little, so conscious and yet, so coincidental.”
“Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.”

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