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“Someone told me the other day that he felt bad for single people because they are lonely all the time. I told him that’s not true I’m single and I don’t feel lonely. I take myself out to eat, I buy myself clothes. I have great times by myself. Once you know how to take care of yourself company becomes an option and not a necessity.”
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“A child that is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth”
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“If you let people's perception of you dictate your behavior, you will never grow as a person.”
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“A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them, and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.”
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“The strongest person is the person who isn’t scared to be alone.”
― The Queen's Gambit
― The Queen's Gambit
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