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Alain de Botton Quotes: It should not be Illiers-Combray that we visit: a genuine homage to Proust would be to look at our world through his eyes, not look at his world through our eyes.
         

It should not be Illiers-Combray that we visit: a genuine homage to Proust would be to look at our world through his eyes, not look at his world through our eyes.


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The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone.



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There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.



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Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.



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Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.



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Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.



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One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.



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When did 'Ask not what your country can do for you' become 'Ask only what your country will give you'?



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And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood.



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Funny how someone can come into your life for such a brief time but leave such a lasting impression.

Funny how someone can come into your life for such a brief time but leave such a lasting impression.




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