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The media insists on taking what someone didn't mean to say as being far closer to the truth than what they did.
Alain de Botton
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Alain de Botton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
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City of Zurich
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It is perhaps sad books that best console us when we are sad, and to lonely service stations that we should drive when there is no one for us to hold or love.
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The universe is large and we are tiny, without the need for further religious superstructure. One can have so-called spiritual moments without belief in the spirit.
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The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.
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The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where ordinary life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort.
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Objectively good spaces to work rarely end up being so in their faultlessness, quiet and well-equipped studios have a habit of rendering the fear of failure overwhelming. Original thoughts are like shy animals. We sometimes have to look the other way - towards a busy street or terminal - before they run out of their burrows.
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Why, then, if expensive things cannot bring us remarkable joy, are we so powerfully drawn to them?
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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.
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The study of maps and the perusal of travel books aroused in me a secret fascination that was at times almost irresistible.
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