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Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet.
Alain de Botton
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Alain de Botton
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
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City of Zurich
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Most good thinking has its origin in fear.
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Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them.
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Our bodies hold our minds hostage to their whims and rhythms.
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The materialistic view of happiness of our age starkly revealed in our understanding of the word luxury.
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The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them in action in another person.
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