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Alain de Botton Quotes

It's great to get an 'F', but you also want to give the sense that there's something outside achievement. I've seen a lot of so-called high-achievers who don't feel they've achieved much.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Great Achievement Feel You Want Get

Over the years, Democrats have had a lot of very talented individuals, but they have lacked fighters.

Michael Avenatti

Over Years Democrats Fighters Very

With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot.

Stephen Jay Gould

History People Brilliant Evidence

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

Sophie Swetchine

Soul Mind Colors Master Those His

No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film.

Robert Adams

Good Sleep Night You Place Boring

I'm not easily satisfied with things. I always want to do better. I always want to improve. I always want to grow.

Little Simz

Grow Better Want Always Improve

Building a great team is the lifeblood of any startup, and finding great talent is one of the hardest and costliest tasks any CEO will ever face.

Jay Samit

Great Talent Team Building Face CEO

If your business had no risk, you could go get a bank loan and call it a day. VCs like risks - without them, venture capital wouldn't exist. But they need to be risks that VCs are good at assessing and managing.

Jose Ferreira

Good Business Day Risks You Go

Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions.

Brian May

Dreams Queen Personal Things Songs

The bohar snapper - they have these huge canines. I got bit by one. One took a chunk out of my ear - they are much scarier than the sharks.

Brian Skerry

Sharks Out Got Ear Than Much

You want to have enough of a profile to be able to do all the work you can, but at the same time you want to have your own space. But there are a lot of actors who achieve it, a lot of movie stars even, people like Emily Watson and Cate Blanchett. They seem to be able to carry on with their lives and still produce wonderful, high-profile work.

Anne-Marie Duff

Work Stars Time Space People Enough

As we've got more data, and ClassPass has grown, we've had to change rather than have a one-size fits all approach.

Payal Kadakia

Change Data More Got Approach Than

I want to tell people how to live spiritually. After you've bought all your houses and your clothes, you want something bigger.

Tina Turner

Live People Clothes You Want Tell