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Alberto Giacometti Quotes: In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think about it now. Yet there must be a reason for the fact that so many people talk about it.
         

In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think about it now. Yet there must be a reason for the fact that so many people talk about it.


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This page presents the quote "In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think about it now. Yet there must be a reason for the fact that so many people talk about it.". Author of this quote is Alberto Giacometti. This quote is about loneliness, people, reason, past, thinking,.