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It is according to how we are able to answer the question of what we do (normally the first enquiry we will have to field in any new acquaintance) that the quality of our reception is likely to be decided.
It is according to how we are able to answer the question of what we do (normally the first enquiry we will have to field in any new acquaintance) that the quality of our reception is likely to be decided.
Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
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- Alain de Botton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1969; activity date not established; Wikidata Q123273, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123273 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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