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A great writer picks up on those things that matter. It’s almost like their radar is attuned to the most significant moments.
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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Travel agents would be wiser to ask us what we hope to change about our lives rather than simply where we wish to go.
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Never, ever become a writer. It's a nightmare.
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Distress at losing an object can be as much a frustration at the intellectual mystery of the disappearance as about the loss itself.
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A virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough.
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