I'm also interested in the ... by Alain de Botton, an English Writer

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“I'm also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage - which no previous society has ever believed.”

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Alain de Botton

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Name: Alain de Botton

Nationality: English

Date of Birth: Dec 20, 1969

Profession: Writer

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Pick up any newspaper or magazine, open the TV, and you'll be bombarded with suggestions of how to have a successful life. Some of these suggestions are deeply unhelpful to our own projects and priorities - and we should take care.

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I'm also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage - which no previous society has ever believed.

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I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work.

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Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them.

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Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.

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