English - Writer | December 20, 1969 -
When I'm writing, I write all day. Other days, I sit around thinking. Or I run around from one meeting to another, out in the world. It varies, and I like that.
Alain de Botton
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I feel that the great challenge of our time is the communication of ideas.
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I've had my successes and failures. I know many academics in my field loathe me. I've come to loathe them back, as it seems only polite to do so. But at heart it's absurd; we should band together against the big common enemies.
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As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to gloom, but not depression as such.
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I was a very un-literary child, which might reassure parents with kids who don't read.
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Le Corbusier is an outstanding writer. His ideas achieved their impact in large measure because he could write so convincingly. His style is utterly clear, brusque, funny and polemical in the best way.
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There is militaristic-hegemonic-plutocratic side of the U.S. which is getting out of hand and threatens to corrupt the whole republic. I remain a deeply concerned, committed admirer, but also a very worried one.
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Atheism is having a heyday in the born-again United States.
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There may be significant things to learn about people by looking at what annoys them most.
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I am a very aesthetic person.
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I think I have grown impatient with just being a writer.
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When a restaurant is too popular, it starts to harm the reason you are there.
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