Alexander McCall Smith Quotes

It seems to me that we're in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society.

Alexander McCall Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don't really consider myself that at all.

Andy Andrews

MotivationalEducationGreatMyself

I think most people struggle over a matter of years to find a satisfying way to live.

Meg Rosoff

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A candidate's faith is not the only consideration, but should be a major consideration in electing the president of the United States.

Robert Jeffress

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Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of the earth is multiform.

Matt LeBlanc

EarthMiseryManifold

I dress to feel comfortable and beautiful, not to be fashionable.

Jeanne Damas

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I don't want to play stinking, beer-ridden clubs. It depresses me even thinking about that. I really hate it when you're finished with a show and you're in your dressing room with that stink of beer and sweaty girls. It brings back an ugly picture for me. I'd hate to have to do that again.

Steve Jones

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In middle-income countries, inequality becomes a problem because you can see there is a layer of people who are doing well, while the poor are still stuck there.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

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Political vitriol is a familiar enough characteristic of American history.

Robert Dallek

HistoryAmericanPoliticalEnough

When I was a teenager, I was super-awkward. I don't think I really felt comfortable in my body or with how I looked, and people were nasty.

Rumer Willis

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People are making better and better small budge independent films these days.

Mike Birbiglia

PeopleSmallBetterIndependentDays

Leadership is an ever-evolving position.

Mike Krzyzewski

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I was an anguished little girl with just one wish: to become an actor. I debuted in live theater at 14 with Dario Niccodemi's 'La Nemica.'

Monica Vitti

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