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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."
Alain de Botton
"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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"The essence of the charge made against the modern high-status ideal is that it is guilty of effecting a gigantic distortion of priorities, of elevating to the highest level of achievement a process of material accumulation that should instead be only one of many factors determining the direction of our lives under a more truthful, more broadly defined conception of ourselves."
Alain de Botton
"The essence of the charge made against the modern high-status ideal is that it is guilty of effecting a gigantic distortion of priorities, of elevating to the highest level of achievement a process of material accumulation that should instead be only one of many factors determining the direction of our lives under a more truthful, more broadly defined conception of ourselves."
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"Pretend to be poor in reality and you'll notice a decrease in your friends list and request."
Michael Bassey Johnson
"Pretend to be poor in reality and you'll notice a decrease in your friends list and request."
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"Fame means being respected by everybody, or having some quality that is desired by all men, or by most, or by the good, or by the wise."
Aristotle
"Fame means being respected by everybody, or having some quality that is desired by all men, or by most, or by the good, or by the wise."
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"The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort."
Alain de Botton
"The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort."
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"Dignity is pride's barometer."
Susan C. Young
"Dignity is pride's barometer."
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