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You have to be quite heavily invested in someone to do them the honour of telling them you're annoyed with them.

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Alain de Botton
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
Journalist
Philosopher
Publisher
Writer
City of Zurich
Alain De Botton
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Invested
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