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Dreams reveal we never quite get ‘over’ anything: it’s all still in there somewhere.

Alain de Botton

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For paranoia about ‘what other people think’ : remember that only some hate, a very few love – and almost all just don’t care.
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Almost Care Few Hate Love Paranoia People Remember Think
A good half of the art of living is resilience.
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Good Half Live Resilience
As we write, so we build: to keep a record of what matters to us.
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Built Matter Record Write
Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance.
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Eat Force People Promote Together Tolerance
I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day to day take on things. The bare facts of life are utterly terrifying. And yet, one can laugh. Indeed, one has to laugh precisely because of the darkness: the nervous laughter of the trenches.
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Day General Life Optimistic Person Pessimistic Take Terrific Thing
A ‘good job’ can be both practically attractive while still not good enough to devote your entire life to.
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Devote Enough Entire Good Job Life Practically
Out of the millions of people we live among, most of whom we habitually ignore and are ignored by in turn, there are always a few that hold hostage our capacity for happiness, whom we could recognize by their smell alone and whom we would rather die than be without.
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Always Among Habitat Ignore Million People Turn
Politics is so difficult, it’s generally only people who aren’t quite up to the task who feel convinced they are.
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Convince Difficult Feel Generally Only People Politics Quite Task
True respectability stems not from the will of the majority but from proper reasoning.
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Majority People Reason Respectability Stem
There is always the option of being emotionally lazy, that is, of quoting.
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Always Emotion Lazy Option Quote
Although I don’t believe in God, Bach’s music shows me what a love of God must feel like.
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Believe Feel God Love Music Must Show
Everyone wants a better life: very few of us want to be better people.
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Better Everyone Few Life People Want
We keep a special place in our hearts for people who refuse to be impressed by us.
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Heart Impress Keep People Place Refuse Special
We will cease to be angry once we cease to be so hopeful.
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Angry Cease Hopeful Once
As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.
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Adult Character Develop Parent Rescue Trait
Architects themselves tend to shy away from the word, preferring instead to talk about the manipulation of space.
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Architect Manipulation Prefer Shy Space Themselves Word

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