Alain de Botton Quotes

I am always anxious.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

I AmAlwaysAnxiousAm

I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships.

Tommy Rettig

ChildhoodRelationshipsNormalWanted

Mass literacy is a phenomenon of the past few centuries, and one that has reached the majority of the world's adult population only within the past 75 years.

Tom Chatfield

PastWorldYearsWithinLiteracy

Could it be that my circle is largely black and that it is why I am influential in black circles but not in white circles?

Louis Farrakhan

I AmBlackWhiteCircleWhyCircles

Being a mum is something that's never bothered me too much. I have never felt a strong need to have children, but I am not averse to it either.

Julia Sawalha

ChildrenI AmMeStrongToo Much

New Jersey shaped who and what I am. Growing up in Jersey gave you all the advantages of New York, but you were in its shadow. Anyone who's come from here will tell you that same story.

Jon Bon Jovi

ShadowI AmNew YorkGrowing UpYou

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

Chris Gibson

FamilyNatureRuralProfitability

I would perhaps like to go back to writing small books about obscure people.

Claire Tomalin

PeopleWritingSmallBackGoWould

Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.

Bodhidharma

LanguageBodyRealThingsSenses

Film is a mirror. I want to see more filmmakers. We all want to see ourselves.

Ava DuVernay

MirrorWantMoreSeeFilmOurselves

I love watching 'Game of Thrones,' 'Rome,' and 'Spartacus' from the period dramas genre.

Ashish Sharma

LoveGameRomeWatchingGenre

I don't think guys judge curvy women as much as women do. It shocks me how catty some women can be. In my whole life, I only had one guy break up with me over weight.

Ashley Graham

LifeWomenMeThinkJudgeOver

The destiny of our society is yours to make and you have a vastly greater importance to the world than we do.

Polykarp Kusch

WorldSocietyDestinyYouGreater

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