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Experiencing those moments of being alone... is a very, very weird flooring and exposing position to be in when you're just not used to it... But I've never been lonely. And with my kids Mia and Joe that remains the case.

— Kate Winslet

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Well, it's true that I've never been solitary, although I spend a lot of time alone. I've never felt lonely or been shy.

— Richard E. Grant

I make a genuine distinction between loneliness and aloneness. I know what each is like. There are times I'm lonely. But there are also many times when I need to be alone, when I don't want the feeling of someone else in the house other than the cats.

— Edward Bryant

There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. I have to exert myself and really say, oh God, I've got to see my friends 'cause I'm too content being by myself.

— Drew Barrymore

As an only child, I may have been alone a lot, but I was never lonely. My invisible friends were my constant companions.

— Teresa Medeiros

No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.

— Bill Murray

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.

— Karin Slaughter

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

— Henry Rollins

✗Opposing Perspectives

I think everybody gets lonely sometimes. I don't know if people can ever understand how you can be in a room full of people and be lonely sometimes.

— Trey Songz

Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone.

— Tatjana Patitz

Our uniqueness makes us special, makes perception valuable - but it can also make us lonely. This loneliness is different from being 'alone': You can be lonely even surrounded by people. The feeling I'm talking about stems from the sense that we can never fully share the truth of who we are. I experienced this acutely at an early age.

— Amy Tan