Alain de Botton Quotes

I always feel that I am writing for somebody who is bright but impatient. Someone who doesn't have unlimited time. That is my sense of the reader. So I have got to get to the point.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I was married very young. I lived a very middle class life. I was married at age 21, divorced at 31.

John Lithgow

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As an avid hunter and outdoorsman, I am blessed to call the bank of the great Yellowstone River outside Glendive my home.

Matt Rosendale

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I never wear very serious suits. I don't have to because I don't go to an office, so it's fine.

Jean Pigozzi

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Display companies, many of them that we've spoken to, are really excited about virtual reality because they're actually running out of innovation opportunities in other markets.

Brendan Iribe

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The only thing that I'm not willing to do is really stupid, horribly written sitcoms. It can be tempting during pilot season time, but I realized this a while ago when I almost signed my life away to a stupid pilot.

Ari Graynor

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Chocolate is maybe my only vice. In particular, Godiva's champagne truffles. Or Dean & Deluca vanilla cupcakes. Just thinking about them - oh my gosh!

Shilpa Shetty

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Everyone's heard the same joke a million times and knows the setups. They are tired of the mass-marketed entertainment served on the networks.

Tim Heidecker

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The prehistorical and primitive period represents the true infancy of the mind.

James Mark Baldwin

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At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me.

Gwen Stefani

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There have been countless times where I've worked out with my kids crawling around all over the place. You just make it work.

Gwyneth Paltrow

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I separated ways from the American feminist movement when they became anti-sexual. I believe embracing sexuality is a part of what it means to be free.

Hugh Hefner

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One year, I went to Cannes with the film 'The Indian Runner' that Sean Penn directed. Everyone else in the film was all the same height, and on the red carpet, when they were taking photos, none of them would stand next to me, and I totally got it.

David Morse

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