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Alain de Botton Quotes

I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Love Writing Uncomfortable Personal

Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it.

I Can Way Write Well Get Role

You're nobody unless you have a gay rumor about you. I've been hit on by women from time to time, and it might simplify my life if I were gay, but no.

Life Women Time My Life You Gay

Since the Pentagon underestimated the number of troops required after the end of hostilities, we were not prepared to prevent looting or to guard hundreds of weapons dumps spread throughout the country.

End Country Spread Guard Prepared

In politics, reform never comes before crisis.

Politics Crisis Never Reform Before

Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.

Win Everybody Wants

I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job.

Job Tired Fighting Problem Doing

Whenever there was chaos in my house, whether it was arguing, being in a cramped space with all of us kids and screaming, I found an empty space where I could just put music on and move.

Music Space Chaos House Empty Us

Everything about it worked, and I don't mean just the movie, but in our experience, we realized there's also a component of luck involved in this business. We had absolutely the most competent people in the studio working on the release and ad campaign.

Business Experience People Luck Mean

But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses.

Christopher Shays

War Illness Gulf War Cause Many

As you know, divorce is still not allowed in the Catholic Church. But here insert a large 'however' - she is liberal in the granting of annulments.

Christopher Buckley

Church Divorce You Know She Here

Other composers have taken this particular technique much further than I in the meantime, with the result that the Law of Diminishing Returns has begun to apply.

Brian Ferneyhough

Law Result Further Than Apply Taken

No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.

William Howard Taft

Best Fight Me Win Stand I Can

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