Alain de Botton Quotes

Rage is caused by a conviction, almost comic in its optimistic origins (however tragic in its effects), that a given frustration has not been written into the contract of life.

Alain de Botton

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• There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities.

  

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• When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge.

  

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• The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

  

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• It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.

  

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• I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.

  

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• If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.

  

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• When I was in high school, I started getting into Japanese wrestling. For me to watch those matches, I had to order VHS tapes through catalogues, and these tapes were, like, $20 each.

  

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• I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.

  

  Kara Walker
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• The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.

  

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• As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.

  

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• I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.

  

  Victoria Abril
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• An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought.

  

  Samuel Alexander
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• Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.

  

  Walter Kerr
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• For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's never really been like that. It's the opposite. I've always had this instinct to escape.

  

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• I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.

  

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• I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.

  

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• The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.

  

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• I'd gone to Wellesley College, an amazing women's college where the students were encouraged to follow our dreams. However, after I graduated and had a historical romance published, more than a few people indicated that, in some way, my career choice was a 'waste' of so much education.

  

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• He dunked his tea bag and watched the results critically. “I really must get a new supplier. This tea is pathetic. America just doesn’t understand tea at all.

  

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• Albums are like diaries. You go through phases, technically and emotionally, and they reflect the state that you're in at the time.

  

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• I felt that writing about peoples' lives was a heck of a responsibility, and I wanted to know them in a deep way.

  

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• Rage is caused by a conviction, almost comic in its optimistic origins (however tragic in its effects), that a given frustration has not been written into the contract of life.

  

  Alain de Botton
  • Life
  • Optimistic
  • Frustration