I passionately believe that's it's not just what y... -Alain de Botton

I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.

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Alain de Botton is a Swiss-born British writer and philosopher. He has authored numerous books that explore various aspects of human life, including love, work, and the pursuit of happiness. De Botton's insightful and accessible approach to philosophy and self-help has made him a popular and influential figure in contemporary literature.

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I do think that travel can be part of a journey of inner maturation, but you've got to do it right....
Travel is a lot like love....
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There's a constant tension between the excitement of new people and security with one person. If you go with excitement, you create chaos; you hurt pe...
The claims I'm making for art are simply the claims that we naturally make around music or around poetry. We're much more relaxed around those art for...
On paper, being good sounds great but a lot depends on the atmosphere of the workplace or community we live in. We tend to become good or bad dependin...
A city like London is sociable in a sense that there are people gathering in bars and restaurants, concerts and lectures. Yet you can partake of all t...
I like the values associated with a medical family - common sense, being practical but also thoughtful....
I feel that the great challenge of our time is the communication of ideas....
The person who is truly best suited to us is not the person who shares our tastes, but the person who can negotiate differences in taste intelligently...

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Prior to the App Store, the chances of that happening, of somebody really young forming a company and in a period of no time really becoming a global ...
The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no ...
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands....
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself....
If you drill down on any success story, you always discover that luck was a huge part of it. You can't control luck, but you can move from a game with...
My measure of success is whether I'm fulfilling my mission....
Success demands singleness of purpose....
Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals....
How does one measure the success of a museum?...
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