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Alain de Botton Quotes: We read the weird tales in newspapers to crowd out the even weirder stuff inside us.
         

We read the weird tales in newspapers to crowd out the even weirder stuff inside us.


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This page presents the quote "We read the weird tales in newspapers to crowd out the even weirder stuff inside us.". Author of this quote is Alain de Botton. This quote is about newspapers, self, strangeness, weirdness,.