With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption. Arthur Erickson americaassemblyconsumption Change image and share on social
I'm the most communal person that exists and a very solitary person. So I think writing is a form of getting to the community and being alone, and it's the best of both possible worlds. Ariel Dorfman communalcommunityexist Change image and share on social
Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement. Alice Koller absenceachievementaware share on social
Millions of Americans cannot tell you who lived at Mount Vernon or who wrote the Declaration of Independence - let alone the Emancipation Proclamation. But they know that to be 'a Benedict Arnold' is to be a traitor of the deepest dye - someone who coldly betrays not only a sacred cause but every moral scruple along the way. Arthur L. Herman americanarnoldbenedict share on social
I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone. Adam Levine fiercelyindependentterrify Change image and share on social
Some things can be perfectly expressed by sound alone and images would only be disturbing. Other times, sound would be possible, but visuals are much stronger and closer to what I want to express and then again, they sometimes overlap perfectly. Alva Noto closedisturbexpress share on social
Being around lots of people drains me, and alone time is essential to my well-being. Alice Greczyn drainessentiallot Change image and share on social
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist; the good are ever too luke-warm. Algernon H. Blackwood goodheartleave Change image and share on social
Social democracy seeks and finds the ways, and particular slogans, of the workers' struggle only in the course of the development of this struggle, and gains directions for the way forward through this struggle alone. Rosa Luxemburg democracydevelopmentdirection share on social
So in some ways my life, my background has been isolating and I think I'm a bit more scared as a person. I don't walk alone or in the dark. If I go out the driver will wait for me to go into the house. Petra Stunt backgroundbitedark share on social