Alain de Botton Quotes
Arguments are like eels: however logical, they may slip from the minds weak grasp unless fixed there by imagery and style.
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I did not work hard in order to achieve more and to remain at the level of the player that I am and that I can be.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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There's no way to understand housing as it exists today without federal policy.
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Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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The 1950s would be my ideal decade because I'm actually very traditional; I enjoy being at home, and I'm a complete nester.
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl.
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I played quarterback, and it was a leadership position, and even though I'm doing a solo thing now, a lot of my success is a part of assembling this team of people who are really, really talented, and their position doesn't put them out front the way mine does, but it's still a team effort.
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One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
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I've got four kids - I unblock a toilet every day.
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I'd realize it's not worth our time to worry. You do your best, and God will put the right people in your path.
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A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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Comedy is such a vulnerable thing. With drama, you're not trying to make someone cry. If you do, great, but that's not your goal. With comedy, you're trying to make someone laugh, so to me, it's harder because you are in such a vulnerable position. You're like, 'I hope people like this. I hope I do the joke justice.'
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He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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Critics should think about how the opening weekend audience might want to discover some surprises for themselves.
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I pay a lot of attention to the people I let surround me. I learn something from those people and from everyone - from other musicians, from people on the street.
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It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.
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His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.
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A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare.
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Science has been quite embattled. It's the most important thing there is. An arts graduate is not going to fix global warming. They may do other valuable things, but they are not going to fix the planet or cure cancer or get rid of malaria.
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Arguments are like eels: however logical, they may slip from the minds weak grasp unless fixed there by imagery and style.
