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Despite its maddeningly vague, inarticulate form, anxiety is almost always trying to tell you something useful and apposite.

Alain de Botton

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Alain de Botton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
Journalist
Philosopher
Publisher
Writer
City of Zurich
Alain De Botton
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Maddeningly
Trying
Inarticulate
Something
Vague
Always
Useful
Despite
Anxiety
Almost
Tell

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