Alain de Botton Quotes

The person who is truly best suited to us is not the person who shares our tastes, but the person who can negotiate differences in taste intelligently and wisely.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BestDifferencesPersonTasteUs

There's an awful lot of us who don't quite speak finance, speak money.

John Lanchester

MoneyFinanceSpeakUsAwfulWho

I'm not a Method actor. I don't believe acting should be psychodrama. I look within myself and see what I can find to play the role with. If I'm playing a blind man, I don't go around blindfolded for days. A lot of good actors would, but I don't go in for that very much. I like to just make it up as I go along.

John Malkovich

GoodMyselfManBelieveBlindLook

I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing.

Ritchie Blackmore

AttitudeAmazingWayBrilliantEven

I live in Paris but I feel I am a daughter of Europe.

Monica Bellucci

LiveDaughterI AmFeelParisAm

There is nothing here that's broken that can't be fixed, but it won't happen on its own. It's going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city's going to come back.

Mitch Landrieu

ResponsibilityBrokenPeopleCity

At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter.

Luke Ford

SchoolCollegeHigh SchoolHigh

We were going for simplicity with the Minions and, frankly, I think that's a huge appeal of the characters. They're essentially pills with goggles. A child can draw them quite easily.

Chris Renaud

ChildSimplicityThinkGoingI Think

Growing up, I wanted to be a pilot!

Colin Donnell

Growing UpGrowingPilotUpWanted

When I was a little girl, I loved monkeys. I wanted to be a primatologist. I went to the careers office to ask how. Because nobody could give me a good answer, I opted for acting.

Audrey Tautou

GoodGirlMeLovedActingNobody

I was just sitting in Target, just getting over my cold. I blew my nose and I see these people looking at me and kind of whispering and pointing. Finally, I went, 'Is everything okay? Did I do something wrong? Do I have a booger on my face and no one's telling me?' I'm just not used to it.

Atticus Shaffer

PeopleMeLookingColdFaceWrong

Regardless of what people think of the WWE, we're great at storylines; we're great at drawing money. We're great at causing controversy, and when the other sports do it, they usually do better. It keeps it interesting and makes it fun for the fans.

Shawn Michaels

SportsGreatMoneyFunPeopleThink

The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.

Tyler Perry

ForgivenessYourselfGrowing UpFree

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