Alain de Botton Quotes

On paper, being good sounds great but a lot depends on the atmosphere of the workplace or community we live in. We tend to become good or bad depending on the cues sent out within a particular space.

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 remember living in a pretty small neighborhood where you could play in the streets and run around like crazy. My friends and I would ride our bikes around, but instead of just riding our bikes, we were solving crimes and going out in the woods to see what lay out there.

Maulik Pancholy

RideCrazySmallWoodsRememberYou

I the chief of sinners am, but Jesus died for me.

John Wesley

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In college, everything's structured. In the NBA, it's like, you have a lot of free time, and you have to use it wisely. A lot of the time, you're in a hotel room all day. And rest is really the most important thing. Then, just trying to enjoy yourself and have fun.

Trey Burke

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We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.

Robert Benchley

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All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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I think a lot of ladies get quite scared about people like me, 'rock stars', and it can be hard to meet the right sort of person.

Jay Kay

StarsPeopleMeThinkPersonMeet

I did a lot of violent junk just because I needed the money - alimony movies, you might call them - and then I decided to start turning down the junk scripts and wait for something better, no matter how long.

Jason Robards

MoneyWaitStartBetterLongYou

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.

Jasper Johns

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In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of chemical and biological weapons, aggression against two neighbors - has been removed in itself is a positive development.

Jose Ramos-Horta

PositiveMomentViolenceDevelopment

My bed is actually two king beds put together.

Cindy Margolis

TogetherKingBedTwoActuallyBeds

If you can't get tax breaks, then there's no reason to film in a city or state.

William Fichtner

CityYouTaxReasonFilmGet

The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong.

Susan Faludi

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