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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I've never been driven to just be a celebrity or just get me on TV. Never ever. What's always driven me is being successful and being good at what I do.
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Friction makes sparks and sparks start creative conflagrations.
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It doesn't matter if I am the lead or a man is the lead actor in a film. What really matters to me is that I give my 100 per cent to my job.
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How small of all that human hearts endure,That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!Still to ourselves in every place consigned,Our own felicity we make or find.With secret course, which no loud storms annoy,Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
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Small business owners that are female, that is their number one problem, is access to capital.
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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?
