Alexander McCall Smith Quotes

Serial novels have an unexpected effect; they hook the writer as well as the reader.

Alexander McCall Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: August 24, 1948

Topics

UnexpectedWellWriterEffectHook

The individual who signs the check has the ultimate power.

Jerry Rubin

PowerSignsIndividualCheckWho

I'm saying 9/11 was to get us into Iraq and get us into Afghanistan.

Jesse Ventura

SayingAfghanistanUsGetIraq

Sorry if i spit on ya'll... I kinda have a problem with doing that.

Joel Madden

SorryProblemDoingSpitKinda

You have to have great passion, because to sing operatic music requires lots of work. I study for at least two hours every day. The voice is like an instrument and requires constant exercise.

Andrea Bocelli

WorkMusicPassionGreatDayVoice

Take everything you know. Take your whole selves. Be inclusive. Be open. Make history in the infinite ways that your heart takes you.

Megan Smith

HeartHistoryYouKnowInfinite

In the '80s and '90s, I was really interested in, moved by, exhilarated by, and troubled by rap in all the ways a white person from Brookline, Massachusetts should be. That was music that was making trouble, and it was interesting and provocative trouble.

John Hodgman

MusicInterestingWhitePersonRap

In Hollywood, for me, it's all about the movie stars and the singers. Baseball players don't draw too much attention; we're low key. I'm good with faces and sometimes bad with names, but I'll walk up to somebody if I know who they are... show them some love.

Matt Kemp

LoveGoodStarsWalkBaseballMe

When you have a young man, I mean, questioning the power in place for love of his country, not to say 'stop' but to say 'be careful about the abuse of technology,' I think it deserves to be promoted.

Jean-Michel Jarre

LoveTechnologyPowerManThinkYou

In the beginning, I didn't have to love them, my acts. It was mostly about being successful, getting a trophy, and making some money. Now if I don't love the idea of it, I don't work on it.

Michael Cohl

WorkLoveMoneyBeginningNowBeing

A long, negative review I wrote of Rushdie's novel 'Fury' earned me a rebuke from the writer: He told an administrator at the college where I teach, and who had invited Rushdie to come speak, that he wouldn't share the stage with me.

Amitava Kumar

CollegeMeNegativeSpeakLong

When Coach Belichick comes up to you during a game and says something to you, that's great.

Rob Gronkowski

GreatGameYouCoachUpSomething

Once you've acquired a criminal record, you can be discriminated against legally in employment, housing, and access to education and public benefits. You're relegated to a permanent second-class status, forever a 'criminal.' Inflicting this amount of unnecessary pain and suffering is not cheap.

Michelle Alexander

EducationPainSufferingYouHousing

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