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Insomnia is a glamorous term for thoughts you forgot to have in the day.

Alain de Botton

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Alain de Botton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
Journalist
Philosopher
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City of Zurich
Alain De Botton
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Insomnia

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