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We are continuously challenged to discover new works of culture—and, in the process, we don’t allow any one of them to assume a weight in our minds.

Alain de Botton

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Alain de Botton
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
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Philosopher
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City of Zurich
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Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers.
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We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.
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