Being Single Quotes - Page 9

• When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.

  Eda LeShan

  Single, Self Esteem, Loneliness

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• You don't want to not be single because you're scared of being single.

  Alia Shawkat

  Want, Scared

  "Alia Shawkat" by Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2016.

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• You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.

  Warsan Shire

  Love, Beautiful, Women

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• I don't dwell in the past; I don't wallow in old events and emotions. I don't waste time on regret. No use going over and over the details of what already happened.

  Yanni

  Single, Regret, Past

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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• The mind is what the mind is fed.

  David J. Schwartz

  Inspirational, Mind, Single Girl

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• I don't mind being single. In fact, I like it.

  Alana Stewart

  Mind, Facts

  "Is ‘I Do’ Supposed To Be Forever?" by Alana Stewart, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2013.

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• I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Single, Thankful, Gratitude

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.20, Bantam

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• [Robert Downey was being singled out for] selective prosecution. He's a sweet guy who never did harm to anyone except himself. He's been doing drugs for 20 years and functioning for 20 years, and in those 20 years there've been hundreds of people who've been getting high constantly and behaved very destructively and have not been arrested. Robert's real problem is he gets caught.

  James Toback

  Sweet, Real, Years

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• Because it's one of those things I never expected in my lifetime," he told me. "Like a comet. Or world peace. I'm just used to you being single." For some reason, that bothered me. "What, you don't think any guy would ever be interested in me?" Actually," said Adrian, sounding remarkably serious, "I can imagine lots of guys being interested in you.

  Richelle Mead

  Thinking, Guy, World

  Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.62, Penguin

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• You're born single, you die single, but why not being in a relationship is some special 'single' status, I don't understand. Life is less stress being single, I have to admit.

  Bipasha Basu

  Stress, Special, Why Not

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• I think there's a level at which you think that there's a reason that you're being singled out, that you're being chosen. As a kid, I was always mistaken for a girl. Before you reach that age where your sexuality starts to display itself, kids can look very androgynous, and I guess I leaned more toward the feminine. All those things were very hard, growing up, because you're trying to create an identity, and you're feeling shameful about the one that you're making. So, I identified with it a lot.

  Matt Reeves

  Girl, Growing Up, Kids

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself.

  Warsan Shire

  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

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• To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.

  Joseph Addison

  Single, Passion, Pleasing Others

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1853). “The Spectator”, p.100

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• The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.

  Damon Hill

  Athlete, Thinking, Important

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• Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Loneliness, Single Life, Maps

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.67, A&C Black

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• Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place.

  Billy Crystal

  Sexy, Funny Sex, Men

  "Fictional character: Mitch Robbins". "City Slickers", www.imdb.com. June 7, 1991.

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• You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.

  Guy Finley

  Inspirational, Single, Letting Go

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• You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. Of all the people you will know in the lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave or lose.

  Jo Coudert

  Self Esteem, People, Single Life

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• When you're under audit, you don't give your papers. An audit is - I have been under audit for so many years. Every year, I get audited. For, I think, over 10 years, maybe even 12 years, I have been audited. And I think it's very fair. And I think I'm being singled out.

  Donald Trump

  Thinking, Years, Giving

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Learning to enjoy being single involves the ability to experience everything through your own essence, instead of living vicariously through a spouse or partner.

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Single, Essence, Partners

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  I like going out and I like being single, but a growing part of me would rather just stay home, cook food with someone I really like, and do nothing.

  Aziz Ansari

  Home, Going Out, Growing

  "Aziz Ansari gets candid about love: “elusive and sadly ephemeral”". Interview with TashaR, www.avclub.com. February 13, 2013.

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• A wedding seems to be, unless you've been married more than once, so then it's a much more mellow affair - it's one of the biggest decisions you make in your life. Of course, half of marriages fall apart and most people end up being single again anyway.

  Lizzy Caplan

  Fall, People, Decision

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• About age 30 most women think about having children, most men think about dating them.

  Judy Carter

  Single, Children, Thinking

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• I had enough time being single to know I have no regrets about being married!

  Jennifer Connelly

  Regret, Enough Time, Had Enough

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I want to be better at being single, and I want to be better at feeling okay about being single. I don't need a boyfriend.

  Meghan Trainor

  Feelings, Needs, Want

  Source: www.elle.com

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