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Alain de Botton Quotes

Many people in the intellectual elite are very scared of shouting. They insist on very quiet murmurs.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

People Quiet Intellectual Scared

I try to treat writing as part of my daily routine: I write for at least two hours, five days per week. I tend to write at home, in a room I've set aside for the task. I don't work well in cafes or busy, loud spaces, although I wish I could. It would mean greater flexibility for me.

Work Home Daily Me Writing Treat

There's a massive opportunity as more and more millennials and others in cities switch over from car ownership to transportation as a service. They are picking Lyft, and we want to stay focused on that big opportunity.

Car Opportunity Service Stay Focused

I don't do storyboarding, ever; I'm not interested in that.

Steven Rodney McQueen

Not Interested Interested Ever

What Hollywood truly wants is for people to be themselves. I think what it's designed for is to kind of turn people into something and just make them saleable. But what it really stands for, what it really loves, are people who are unafraid to be themselves, and as you can see, these are people who are excelling in their careers.

Troian Bellisario

People Think You Kind Hollywood See

In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind.

Future History Time Moment Choices

The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols.

Best Master Without Symbols Level

I have always written. I was one of those kids who would always fill exercise books with girls and telepathic ponies.

Exercise Always Books Would Kids

Social Security is the most important social program in America.

America Security Important Social

Anthony Mackie in 'The Hurt Locker' is everything an actor can hope to be. So rock steady in his portrayal that you immediately forget every performance he may have previously given, and focus only on the character in front of you.

Character Hope Focus Performance You

With the new medium of knowledge - the Internet - knowledge not only takes on properties of that medium but also lives at the level of the network.

David Weinberger

Knowledge Internet New Level Only

I've never put Northern Ireland into a novel because it's not my territory. I come from the South, so my imaginative territory is very much the Republic of Ireland rather than the North. Even though, if I wrote a novel about the North, it might sell more.

More Never Republic Sell Come Even

You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.

Norman Schwarzkopf

Positive Leadership Negative Learn

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