Alain de Botton Quotes
Newspapers are being read all around. The point is not, of course, to glean new information, but rather to coax the mind out of its sleep-induced introspective temper.
Quotes to Explore
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In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.
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I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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I wanted something different; I wanted something that challenged me and that pushed me further. Then this idea of climbing Mount Everest came to my mind. It stuck in my head for days. Someone told me I couldn't do it, and that really annoyed me.
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I'm so suspicious of our own understanding of the past. I just think that your mind plays absolute tricks on you and fools you every minute of every day. And so when you're talking about the past, you're talking about something that never happened. At least it didn't happen the way you think it happened.
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One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.
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If I see something new, I'd be like, 'Ooh, I want to do that.' The hunger to learn and do better never goes. Your mind is always working. You want to do so many creative things.
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Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.
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My favorite book in life is 'A Wrinkle In Time,' which I read before high school. It was my first introduction into the meeting of science and spirit and the universe and big thoughts and all of those interesting New Age-y concepts. It made everything make sense to me and opened up my mind.
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When I go home, all I wanna do is just sleep and eat.
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I write essays to clear my mind. I write fiction to open my heart.
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No damn man kills me and lives.
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A lot of my solo albums were produced by different people who had their idea of what songs I should do, and they had me doing a lot of ballads.
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Yoga helps me with a composed and serene state of mind, which is good for writing.
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London Fashion Week isn't the most organised, but I don't mind that. It's such an exciting place - it's small and cool.
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Love grounds you. It orients you. Love brings your awareness to others and yourself. Love opens your mind and heart to others and yourself. Love settles you and gives you balance.
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In my own mind, it is profoundly disappointing to see what has occurred in Iraq given the sacrifice of our troops, given our commitment to removing Saddam Hussein and putting in place a fledgling government that would have a chance for a stable, secure Iraq.
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Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it.
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Eat well, sleep and laugh. When you laugh, the lines go up instead of down.
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At first, social media was just about networking. But now that I have to network, I make sure that every platform makes money for me. You can do something on Facebook.
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I have a strong attachment to Harvard.
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To whom can I expose the urgency of my own passion?…There is nobody—here among these grey arches, and moaning pigeons, and cheerful games and tradition and emulation, all so skilfully organised to prevent feeling alone.
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Newspapers are being read all around. The point is not, of course, to glean new information, but rather to coax the mind out of its sleep-induced introspective temper.
