"Envy: a confused, tangled guide to one's own ambitions."

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Alain de Botton

#Confused Quotes #Ambition Quotes #Envy Quotes

“I think, especially with this show [How to Get Away with Murder], we have Viola Davis and Pete Nowalk as the showrunner.”
“The best time to go fishing is when you can get away.”
“I come from suburban America. It was a very safe environment and it was a good place to come from in that it was a good place to leave.”
“Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return?”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“The book of Revelation is written largely in symbols.”

Source : Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1921). “The Harp of God: Proof Conclusive that Millions Now Living Will Never Die; a Text-book for Bible Study Specially Adapted for Use of Beginners; with Numerous Questions and Scripture Citations ...”
“I love mysteries. To fall into a mystery and its danger ... everything becomes so intense in those moments. When most mysteries are solved, I feel tremendously let down. So I want things to feel solved up to a point, but there's got to be a certain percentage left over to keep the dream going. It's like at the end of Chinatown: The guy says, 'Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.' You understand it, but you don't understand it, and it keeps that mystery alive. That's the most beautiful thing.”
“According to a new study, Botox injections can help back pain. So you see, that's why John Kerry had all that Botox - his back was killing him from all that flip-flopping on issues.”
“A man spends his whole life trying to prove his worth to others. A woman spends her life trying to prove her worth to herself.”

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