- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.
- Hegel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich people, we will start to think that to be beautiful and rich is very important - just as in the Middle Ages, people were surrounded by images of religious piety.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I assemble my ideas in pieces on a computer file, then gradually find a place for them on a piece of scaffolding I erect.
- Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am always anxious.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
All tours are filled with humiliation. My publisher once hired a private jet to fly me to a venue where 1,000 people were waiting. It almost bankrupted him.
- Ever
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never, ever become a writer. It's a nightmare.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020