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Made Quotes by Alain de Botton
- We need objects to remind us of the commitments we've made. That carpet from Morocco reminds us of the impulsive, freedom-loving side of ourselves we're…
- Curiosity might be pictured as being made up of chains of small questions extending outwards, sometimes over huge distances, from a central hub composed of…
- The true nature of bureaucracy may be nowhere more obvious to the observer than in a developing country, for only there will it still be…
- My father paid for my education; then he made it clear that I was on my own.
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