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Quote by Alain de Botton

“The finest proof of our loyalty toward one another was our monstrous disloyalties towards everyone else.”

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Alain de Botton is a Swiss writer and philosopher known for his books on philosophy, art, and culture. His work is characterized by its accessible exploration of profound themes, which has won him a wide audience. more

“When you're cruising down the road in the fast lane and you lazily sail past a few hard-driving cars and are feeling pretty pleased with yourself and then accidently change down from fourth to first instead of third thus making your engine leap out of your hood in a rather ugly mess, it tends to throw you off stride in much the same way that this remark threw Ford Prefect off his.”

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts

“I don t mind a reasonable amount of trouble.”

Mind Trouble Amount Reasonable Falcon Film Noir Sam Spade

Book:The Maltese Falcon

Source: The Maltese Falcon

“That's how a thing starts out real then ends up just an idea.”

Ideas Real Ends

Author:Joyce Carol Oates

“Sheep are not the docile, pleasant creatures of the pastoral idyll. Any countryman will tell you that. They are sly, occasionally vicious, pathologically stupid. The lenient shepherd may find his flock unruly, definant. I cannot afford to be lenient.”

May Stupid Creatures Pleasant Sheep Vicious Flocks Shepherds Countrymen Sly Docile Unruly Lenient

Book:Chocolat

Source: Chocolat

“For no People will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can they easily be subdued, where Knowledge is diffusd and Virtue preservd . On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own Weight, without the Aid of foreign Invaders.”

People Liberty Virtue Weight Aids Contrary Surrender Ignorant Manners Patriotic Freedom And Liberty Invaders American Liberty New Government

Author:Samuel Adams

“We are what we imagine ourselves to be.”

Inspirational Goal Imagination Imagine

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.”

Success Leadership Commitment Mark Committed Circles Involvement Commitment In Business No Commitment

Book:The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“I can't even trust my own imaginary dog. How much lower can a person get?”

Persons I Can My Own Dog Imaginary

Author:Meg Rosoff

“Fate is trying to kill me. I miss my dog. What's a doctor going to say? You're not ill, you're mad as a muffin? They'll either lock me up or tell me to get a grip and no one will believe the truth anyway.”

Trying Believe Fate Dog Missing Doctors Mad Ill Locks Kill Me My Dog Muffins

Author:Meg Rosoff

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