Ralph Waldo Emerson on crowd
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”
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I hated singing and getting up in front of crowds.
Rod StewartRod Stewart It’s just people should realize that the celebrity aspect of being an actor is very rarely enjoyable for people like me who would always rather go unnoticed and disappear into the crowd.
Winona RyderWinona Ryder The greater the silence, the greater meaning it carries. The greater crowded, the greater loneliness. The greater love, the greater pain.
Anand ThakurAnand Thakur Come out of the masses. Stand alone like a lion and live your life according to your own light.
RajneeshRajneesh The crowd…a cacophony of colour.
Peter DruryPeter Drury I still find myself searching the crowds for your face.
Rahil KhanRahil Khan I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
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