Alain de Botton Quotes

It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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When you sing for a film, you are not in control, because somebody else is directing it; somebody is doing the lyrics.

Mohit Chauhan

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I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining.

Michael Jordan

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I don't want to see a president of the United States saying things which change the character of the generations of Americans that are following.

Mitt Romney

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Laurel Canyon is kind of grotesque. It's this nature-themed place, and everybody is kind of angry.

Josh Tillman

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I don't think I'm an actor who takes their characters home with him. But I certainly do take the preparation home.

Donald Sutherland

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The thing about interviews is that if someone interviews you, and they're an idiot, then they make you sound like an idiot, too. They ask you stupid questions, and they bring you down to their level. It's tempting to not ever want to talk to anybody, but you can't do that.

Dean Wareham

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To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held a dead fact, the soul grasps a living truth! At moments we are all artists.

Arnold Bennett

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The function of a book or a poem or a story is to delight, to enchant, to beguile.

Philip Pullman

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The medium is not the message - the message is the message.

Penn Jillette

MessageMedium

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.

Paul Tillich

ManDestinyBecomeMakeHeHimself

I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12.

Richard Roeper

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Marriage is important to me and I love the idea of being married.

Nicole Appleton

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