Alain de Botton Quotes, People Quotes, Important Quotes

People who hold important positions in society are commonly labelled "somebodies," and their inverse "nobodies"-both of which are, of course, nonsensical descriptors, for we are all, by necessity, individuals with distinct identities and comparable claims on existence. Such words are nevertheless an apt vehicle for conveying the disparate treatment accorded to different groups. Those without status are all but invisible: they are treated brusquely by others, their complexities trampled upon and their singularities ignored.

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Genius is a will-o'-the-wisp if it lacks a solid foundation of perseverence and fanatical tenacity. This is the most important thing in all of human life.

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I really think it's important for presidents to exit the stage gracefully.

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It seems that most of us could benefit from a brush with a near-fatal disaster to help us recognise the important things that we are too defeated or embittered to recognise from day to day.

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The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions.

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These small things - nutrition, place, climate, recreation, the whole casuistry of selfishness - are inconceivably more important than everything one has taken to be important so far.

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You know a moment is important when it is making your mind go numb with beauty.

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I fully understand it's important to maintain the separation of church and state. We don't want the state to become the church, nor do we want the church to become the state.

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It is absolutely important that we have a unified alliance and that we explain to the Russians that you cannot be a 21st-century superpower, or power, and act like a 20th-century dictatorship.

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Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's compelling and makes me care about what happens to them.

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I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.

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The thing that's important for me is to remember what's the most important thing.

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Most important and most vulnerable of human emotions; Love.

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It has been often said, very truly, that religion is the thing that makes the ordinary man feel extraordinary; it is an equally important truth that religion is the thing that makes the extraordinary man feel ordinary.

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I think it's more important to show your work to the public.

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There is nothing more important than appearing to be religious.

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Well, I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the beauty of life.

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Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.

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When comparing works of art, it is important that the art itself, and not the artists, be considered.

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Techniques are not the most difficult to teach. The attitudes chefs take are much more important.

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