Alain de Botton Quotes

I was foreign and Jewish, with a funny name, and was very small and hated sport, a real problem at an English prep school. So the way to get round it was to become the school joker, which I did quite effectively - I was always fooling around to make the people who would otherwise dump me in the loo laugh.

Alain de Botton

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 20, 1969

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If I'm looking at life without a spiritual perspective, it's a lot more painful, a lot more confusing, and there's so much that I don't understand.

Amanda de Cadenet

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The magic is you can change more things than you could ever dream of.

Stephen Furst

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Big brother listening in on your phone calls - I got a problem with that.

Roger Stone

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I went to a Catholic high school and it seemed like every time I drew something for a class project, it either got thrown away by the teacher or something.

Mike Judge

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Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected; they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government, they assume that its might makes it right.

Joseph Sobran

GovernmentRightActiveCriticsFar

You got to get it while you can.

Janis Joplin

YouGotGetWhile

The rural nature of our district relies heavily on the profitability of our family farms.

Chris Gibson

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My first semester, I got a D in creative writing.

Conrad Hall

CreativeWritingFirstSemesterGot

When I was a kid, I was one of those really obnoxious 'oooh oooh' girls, with my hand up in the air constantly. I've learned over the years that that's not so attractive, so I've censored that.

Claire Danes

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For me, I write some songs that are really important to me, and I've got some feedback where some of them help folks and inspire people.

Brantley Gilbert

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The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

Arnold Palmer

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Henry Hays was cheated all his life. He was cheated by his father who taught him to hate. His community taught him to hate. My mom told me, no matter what one does in life, he or she deserves some compassion, and I knew Hays deserved compassion more than anybody.

Anthony Ray Hinton

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