"Sweetness is the opposite of machismo, which is everywhere-and I really don't get on with machismo. I'm interested in sensitivity, and weakness, and fear, and anxiety, because I think that, at the end of the day, behind our masks, that's what we are."

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Source : "Alain de Botton's Healing Arts" by Joshua Rothman, www.newyorker.com. November 19, 2013.

Alain de Botton

#Thinking Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Anxiety Quotes

“The healing of the land and the purification of the human spirit is the same process.”
“George Eliot is my only steady girlfriend. We go to bed together every night.”
“I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.”
“I've got 11 brothers and sisters.”
“To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.”
“I'm not a prettier everywoman. I am an everywoman that they clean up awfully well for T.V.”
“The ethical decision is always the fearsome decision. When something matters enough that we are afraid of the consequences afraid that even the honorable choice could result in harm or loss or sorrow that's when ethics are involved.”

Source : "Stand for the Best: What I Learned after Leaving My Job as CEO". Book by Thomas M. Bloch, 2010.
“I'm not a liar, sir,' she said. "'No, I'm sure you sincerely become whatever it is you're pretending to be.”

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