"Good books put a finger on emotions that are deeply our own - but that we could never have described on our own."

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Source : Twitter post from Oct 13, 2013

Alain de Botton

#Book Quotes #Emotion Quotes #Good Book Quotes

“I love movies, I've always been interested in them, but I wanted to wait for the right time to start acting.”
“The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give.”
“Every day after lunch when I was writing my first book, I'd nibble a square of fine chocolate and meditate on all that had gone into its creation: the sun and rain that spilled on the cocoa plant, the soil that nourished it, the hands that picked the beans, and so on. My taste of chocolate became a lesson on the interconnectedness of things, and the infinite blessings for which I am grateful.”
“Self worth is everything. Without it life is a misery.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I admire and respect Bill Clinton. I think he was a great president.”
“I came away from 'Saturday Night Live' feeling very well represented. I felt, and I still feel like, they let me do so much stuff that I wanted to do. Stuff that I almost didn't even know what it was.”
“The dust is old upon my "sandal-shoon," And still I am a pilgrim; I have roved From wild America to Bosphor's waters, And worshipp'd at innumerable shrines Of beauty; and the painter's art, to me, And sculpture, speak as with a living tongue, And of dead kingdoms, I recall the soul, Sitting amid their ruins.”
“I fear no man. If you breathe oxygen, I do not fear you.”

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