Alexander McCall Smith Quotes
Every small wrong, every minor act of cruelty, every act of petty bullying was symbolic of a greater wrong. And if we ignored these small things, then did it not blunt our outrage over the larger wrongs?
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic development.
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You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
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My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
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There have been periods of my life when I was heavier, like right after high school I definitely gained that freshman 15. It was tough to lose. Ever since then, I know that I can gain weight, so I try to be careful.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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It is better to predict dramatic things that don't happen than boring things that do.
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Disney's Tomorrowland is deeply, thoroughly, almost furiously unimaginative.
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I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.
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Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
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I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.
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I will openly admit that I've never really followed hockey. Given my New England upbringing, I have always adhered to the Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox, Bruins mantra of professional sports fandom, but hockey was definitely the lowest sport on the totem pole - even when the Bruins won the Stanley Cup.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
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I feel very much satisfied to play in Baltimore.
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Politicians are fond of criticizing others.
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When I first went public with my son Evan's story, I just planned to talk about the 'R' word - Recovery. But soon I was spending most my time talking about the 'V' word - vaccines.
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Baseball guys tend to flock towards steaks.
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I don't go out that much - usually it's just dinner.
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My father died in 1957, just before I was born. My mother went to her Jewish aunt, who slammed the door in her face.
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Every small wrong, every minor act of cruelty, every act of petty bullying was symbolic of a greater wrong. And if we ignored these small things, then did it not blunt our outrage over the larger wrongs?
