Alain de Botton Quotes

Politicians want people to be nice neighbours, but the tools at their disposal are just the tools of modern liberal society, which are nothing.

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 was raised an Episcopalian. And I did not and I don't believe that anyone is looking out for me personally.

Joan Didion

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I always love long shirt dresses with hand painting on it. It's just wonderful.

Jenny Packham

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We always talk about our kids being a great way to judge whether it's a hit song because there's something very basic about the way they perceive the music that I think needs to be there if it's gonna be a hit.

Matthew Ramsey

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What gets posted online is not short term, and is open for easy misinterpretation. Messages and pictures spread faster through the Internet than they ever could by word of mouth.

Anna Maria Chavez

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One of the great things and one of the horrible things about the American character is this extraordinary optimism and arrogance that everything will continue to be great and keep looking up.

John Wells

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UKIP's biggest fight is with the Conservative Party.

Steve Bannon

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By validating and aggregating the best material from a wide range of independent and mainstream content owners, Babelgum aims to encourage common interest communities that are not well served by traditional television.

Silvio Scaglia

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The computer, the noise of the computer feels like impatience. It's sort of the sound of impatience to me.

Tony Kushner

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In 1993, I joined the Croatian army. I was a radio telegraphist.

Mirko Cro Cop

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The man who spends all his time looking up to heaven is not always the best; in fact, he is usually the worst.

Jose Bergamin

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That's what governors do, they wrestle with the issues, they find solutions and they move the agenda forward. At the appropriate time we'll talk about all of these issues, while remembering that our party is a big tent party. We lose when we try to become exclusive to one particular set of issues.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

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I like mash-ups, taking contemporary songs and making them old... old songs, making them new.

Bria Skonberg

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