Alain de Botton Quotes
It wasn't only fanatics and drunkards who began conversations with strangers in public.
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I'm afraid to fail again.
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Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same work ethic that he had 65 years ago. His family is what he cares about the most, and at the heart of his whole being is his marriage and kids.
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To my knowledge, no one has died from a cyberattack... but there is a gray area between peace and war.
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I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.
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You will find in me a loyal head of state who is ready listen and understand, warn and advise as well as to defend the public interest at all times.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me – ever.
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I want to be an activist professor.
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A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.
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Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships.
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I like the slow Scandinavian pace. I don't need cliffhangers in every chapter because I don't want to make a Hollywood movie out of it.
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If it's a good cause, I'll play just about anything.
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Patriarchal religions, like Judaism and Christianity, established and upheld the 'man's world.'
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If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run.
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The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living.
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Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground.
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I've quite often written tweets that I think are across that line, but I just delete them.
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We're programmed to believe that time is the enemy, that it takes away from us or that it diminishes us. I have found that it's done the opposite to me. Life is in perfect balance. It's just that our perception of it isn't.
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When I first travelled to New York in 1982 on a summer holiday as a student, I remember thinking how exciting it was, how energising it felt, and also how it felt dangerous - it was a place where you could make a wrong turn, either geographically or just in a human interaction, and suddenly find yourself in trouble.
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When I don't have control of the ball, what do I do? I press to get it back. It's a way of defending.
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I have a system with bathrooms. I spend a lot of time in them. They are sanctuaries, public places of peace spaced throughout the world for people like me.
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I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.
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It wasn't only fanatics and drunkards who began conversations with strangers in public.
