Alexander McCall Smith Quotes
It's like people inviting you to come along to a church service or an amateur orchestra. They're hoping that you'll join. People are recruiters at heart, you know. It makes them feel more comfortable to see the ranks of their particular enthusiasm swelling.Alexander McCall Smith
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As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.
Basil Rathbone -
And also, I know I have this responsibility or mission to show people, to encourage them to live their dream, too.
Bai Ling -
I'm not a fan of people romanticizing their loved ones in death.
Taya Kyle -
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.
Walter Kirn -
Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
Naveen Jain -
One of the greatest gifts God ever gave to humanity was that of liberty. We love freedom and bloom under it. We cannot and should not try to force people to live by a certain religious code. To do so negates our free will.
Sam Brownback
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My mum was a nurse, and her passion was geriatric care. I used to love listening to the old people's stories in her nursing home and picturing myself in their place. They'd say, 'I went to school in a horse and cart,' and I'd just think 'Wow!' I'd picture myself in their place - acting was a natural progression.
Olivia Colman -
Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language.
Hans Kung -
My heart is as pure as the driven slush.
Tallulah Bankhead -
History is more interesting than most people think.
Tansy Rayner Roberts -
Often people would mistake me for white when I was younger, and I didn't correct them; there would be a period of time that they just thought I was.
Natasha Trethewey -
Maybe I didn't have the childhood people think you should have, but I still went through the ages; I was still a child.
Taylor Momsen
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I think three or four years ago, people would have said my biggest weakness was that sometimes I was awkward on television, with my stammer, but I think they'd say that much less now.
Ed Balls -
I love shooting guns. Not at people or animals, but I love shooting blanks!
Maggie Q -
The general message would be to say to all these young people: If you have entrepreneurial aspirations, there is money, there are consumers, there is a huge market. The only thing you need to do is to go there and start doing things.
Maelle Gavet -
I like Los Angeles. So many artistic people, and I just love the weather.
Carly Rae Jepsen -
I'm trying to stay focused on what I'm doing. I don't want a whole lot of things going on - people to call back, or text messages or whatever. I chill out, relax a little bit, and then I don't have those issues.
Nate Diaz -
I'm compulsively on time. It drives me insane when people are late.
Zach Gilford
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I think my faith is a huge part of my music. But for me, it didn't make sense to be in any specific market. I write songs for a lot of different kinds of people.
Mat Kearney -
When I was first elected to the Colorado State Board of Education in 2000, we had to carry a big binder filled with hundreds of pages to every meeting. By 2004, the State Board had gone paperless. We even persuaded the less-tech-savvy members to use laptops to pull up their information during meetings.
Jared Polis -
Once you're done with the film, it's almost like empty nest syndrome: your kid has moved out of the house.
Byron Howard -
I don't know what flirting is, really. Sometimes in women, friendliness comes across as flirting. That is not what it is.
Rita Ora -
It's like people inviting you to come along to a church service or an amateur orchestra. They're hoping that you'll join. People are recruiters at heart, you know. It makes them feel more comfortable to see the ranks of their particular enthusiasm swelling.
Alexander McCall Smith