- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people want to get married to end their emotional uncertainty. In a way, they want to end powerful feelings, or certainly the negative ones.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not a foodie, thank goodness. I will eat pretty much anything. A lot of my friends are getting incredibly fussy about food and I see it as a bit of an affliction.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to church and couldn't swallow it. The music was nice but I don't belong there.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
When work is not going well, it's useful to remember that our identities stretch beyond what is on the business card, that we were people long before we became workers - and will continue to be human once we have put our tools down forever.
- Chaos
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work is a way of bringing order to chaos, and there's a basic satisfaction in seeing that we are able to make something a little more coherent by the end of the day.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many moments in religion seem attractive to me even though I can't believe in any of it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I see someone like Richard Dawkins, I see my father. I grew up with that. I'm basically the child of Richard Dawkins.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the idea of a university as away from capitalist values, where people can do things that don't immediately have to pay their way. It's like a monastery in a way, and that beautiful refuge has been destroyed by dogma about what this stuff is for.
- Arrogance
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- Nov 07, 2020
The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship drives me nuts. I can't accept that.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know a lot about writing, but I don't know much about how other industries work. I've tried to use my naivety to my advantage.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very hard to respect people on holiday - everybody looks so silly at the beach, it makes you hate humanity - but when you see people at their work they elicit respect, whether it's a mechanic, a stonemason or an accountant.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's almost a blessing when we meet people who naturally want to do the sort of things that are in high demand in society. What a gift to do that, as opposed to other people who would say, 'I want to be a novelist but actually I have to be an accountant.'
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Virtue is its own reward. We only invented concepts like heaven and hell to describe how we feel. We don't feel good doing bad and it's nice to help someone.
- Depending
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- Nov 07, 2020
On paper, being good sounds great but a lot depends on the atmosphere of the workplace or community we live in. We tend to become good or bad depending on the cues sent out within a particular space.
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020