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Many Quotes by Alain de Botton
- It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.
- The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other,…
- Many moments in religion seem attractive to me even though I can't believe in any of it.
- Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect,…
- I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the…
- If optimism is important, it's because many outcomes are determined by how much of it we bring to the task. It is an important ingredient…
- As victims of hurt, we frequently don't bring up what ails us, because so many wounds look absurd in the light of day.
- So many complaints boil down to the belly ache of the fragile, mortal, ignored ego in a vast and indifferent universe.
- Maturity: the confidence to have no opinions on many things.
- It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acquaintance with grief turns out to be one of the more unusual…
- Religions are so subtle, so complicated, so intelligent in many ways that they're not fit to be abandoned to the religious alone; they're for all…
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- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But… — Gerard Arpey
- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
- Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind… — Mary Kay Ash
- So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the… — Mary Kay Ash
- In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources… — Julian Assange
- The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely… — Rowan Atkinson
- But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness… — Rowan Atkinson
- I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate. — Rowan Atkinson