Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone. Deborah Tannen continual intimacy act share on social
I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone. Gerald R. Ford limit reconciliation understand Change image and share on social
Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing thou belong absolute Change image and share on social
I had never walked on the street alone when I was growing up in Calcutta, up to age 20. I had never handled money. You know, there was always a couple of bodyguards behind me, who took care if I wanted... I needed pencils for school, I needed a notebook, they were the ones who were taking out the money. I was constantly guarded. Bharati Mukherjee want grow guard share on social
Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now. Fiona Apple leave world home Change image and share on social
My mother was a working woman, and I was alone a lot. So I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. Donna Karan work home lot Change image and share on social
I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone. Flip Wilson rest wilson Change image and share on social
The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand and protect nature's precarious balance, let alone the balance of our own human nature. Diane Ackerman distance precarious hard share on social
When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last. Don Rickles stand sell Change image and share on social
I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I mean, people are like all-round mirrors, because let's face it, we don't often see ourselves all round in a mirror anyway, do we. Diana Wynne Jones face have round share on social