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My father paid for my education; then he made it clear that I was on my own.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: Clear Education Father He Made My Own Own Paid Then

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What bothers me is that there is so much emphasis on food, rather than gathering and meeting - so that there is all this effort in creating the right food, whereas the food is only a small part of whether the encounter is successful or not.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: Bothers Creating Effort Emphasis Encounter Food Gathering Me Meeting Much Only Part Rather Right Small Small Part Successful Than Whereas Whether

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There are few more effective ways to promote tolerance between suspicious neighbours than to force them to eat supper together.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: Between Eat Effective Few Force More Neighbours Promote Supper Suspicious Than Them Together Tolerance Ways

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When I'm writing, I write all day. Other days, I sit around thinking. Or I run around from one meeting to another, out in the world. It varies, and I like that.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: All Day Another Around Day Days Like Meeting Other Out Run Sit Thinking Varies World Write Writing I Write

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I feel that the great challenge of our time is the communication of ideas.

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Topics: Challenge Communication Feel Great Ideas Our Our Time Time I Feel

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I've had my successes and failures. I know many academics in my field loathe me. I've come to loathe them back, as it seems only polite to do so. But at heart it's absurd; we should band together against the big common enemies.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: Absurd Academics Against Back Band Big Come Common Enemies Failures Field Had Heart Know Loathe Many Me Only Polite Seems Should Successes Them Together

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My greatest joy comes from creativity: from feeling that I have been able to identify a certain aspect of human nature and crystallise a phenomenon in words.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: Able Aspect Been Certain Creativity Feeling Greatest Human Human Nature Identify Joy Nature Phenomenon Words

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As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to gloom, but not depression as such.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: About Am Been Depression Despair Fool Gloom Hate Myself Personality Prone I Am

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I was a very un-literary child, which might reassure parents with kids who don't read.

~Alain De Botton

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Le Corbusier is an outstanding writer. His ideas achieved their impact in large measure because he could write so convincingly. His style is utterly clear, brusque, funny and polemical in the best way.

~Alain De Botton

Topics: Achieved Because Best Best Way Clear Could Funny He His Ideas Impact Large Measure Outstanding Style Utterly Way Write Writer

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: December 20th, 1969

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