Eddi Reader Quotes
A couple of taxi drivers have asked me if we can survive financially as an independent nation. I say, how come we are more stupid than Denmark or Finland or Sweden? They've all got the same amount of people. Are we all going to down tools? Is everybody in Scotland going to stop working?
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People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.
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For some reason, people imagine that dramatic things happen to people who don't look beautiful.
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I'm very punctual. I wish I could change this about myself because most people around me are not.
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Square meals often make round people.
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I've only ever known growing up across different countries - to me it's just fun.
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I don't like when people dress intentionally ugly. Personally that's not my thing.
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A couple of taxi drivers have asked me if we can survive financially as an independent nation. I say, how come we are more stupid than Denmark or Finland or Sweden? They've all got the same amount of people. Are we all going to down tools? Is everybody in Scotland going to stop working?
