Alain de Botton: "Our lives are not as firmly shaped…"

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我们的生活不如我们的收入实际情况那样被牢固地塑造，而是被我们对自身位置的态度所影响。

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“Our higher existential needs are what motivate us to spend our brief time on the planet in...”

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