Alain de Botton Quotes

As an atheist, I think there are lots of things religions get up to which are of value to non-believers - and one of those things is trying to be a bit better than we normally manage to be.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I've never had vocal training. No one could ever say that they helped me carve what my voice has become. It's just been more of self-training: me just continuously going into the studio every night and trying out different beats.

Jeremih

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No, I mean we'd all definitely involved in the music business someway or another, because we're all living with it, and in it, and also we've got all sorts of things we would like to do.

John Deacon

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During 'Jersey Boys,' I discovered one of the most rewarding ways to use your goodwill is to motivate fans and friends into lending support to charity.

John Lloyd Young

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I imagine I will spend my days traveling from country to country to visit our children, who I expect will live around the world.

Angelina Jolie

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You have to build up to green smoothies. Everyone loves fruit smoothies: you can add a handful of baby spinach to a fruit smoothie and may hardly even taste it. Next, try two. Slowly, your taste buds can adapt to more greens.

Michael Greger

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'Downton Abbey' is just one cliche after another, and it is a really, really poor piece of drama. But that's only me talking. That's just my take on it.

Michael Hirst

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I grew up in Cazenovia, N.Y. I'm the second of five children, with three sisters and a brother.

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

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You are either a Zionist or an anti-Zionist.

Tom Paulin

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I've been fortunate to drive for some of the greats in racing.

Robby Gordon

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You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.

Roman Polanski

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What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. And when I think about the kind of president that I want for my girls and all our children, that's what I want.

Michelle Obama

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There are 9 rejected ideas for every idea that works.

Jonathan Ive

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