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““Socrates may have concluded that his most valuable possession was his leisure. “Beware the barrenness of a busy life” is a quote commonly attributed to him.””

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I never do formal interviews. I don't use a tape recorder. I take notes but occasionally.

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“the true solitary does not seek himself, but loses himself.”

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“The American essayist William Deresiewicz wrote that “no real excellence, personal or social, artistic, philosophical, scientific, or moral, can arise without solitude.”

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“The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by William Shirer.”

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I'd lied many times: to bolster my credentials, to elicit sympathy, to make myself appear less ordinary.

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“He never bothered listening to sports; the bored him, every one of them.”

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Every human runs in crowd and hopes that he will get the path one day.

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