Alexander McCall Smith Quotes

Edinburgh used to be a haughty city.

Alexander McCall Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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The intention was to shoot short films that can exist as shorts independently, but when I put them all together, there are things that echo through them like the dialogue repeats; the situation is always the same, the way they're shot is very simple and the same.

Jim Jarmusch

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You don't build a new power plant in the United States overnight. It takes years to build.

John Abizaid

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I have a plate on my neck. I had my neck fused.

Jennifer Grey

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I am a little bit of an egomaniac. I like being in front of the camera, so I take advantage of it when I can.

Andre Royo

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I'm no real expert on China.

Max Baucus

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At Wisconsin, I wasn't working for people who believed in me.

Stan Van Gundy

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My father was a doctor in Moravia, in the south of the country. There were a number of Jewish doctors in the hospital there, and at a certain point - almost too late, really, but in time - they were all sent overseas by their employer.

Tom Stoppard

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I had four children, we all had to struggle to get up and get educated, and they all did their part, and we all did the best we could, and that's what a family and a parent is supposed to do.

Robert Forster

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But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe.

Romano Prodi

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I'm just as sick as the others, although I prefer to do my sickness in private.

Mick Mars

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Ponzi and all of his successors tap into a fundamental part of human nature. One part of our brain tells us this is too good to be true. The other side tells us this is too good to miss. The key to any con is getting a mark to tip to the too-good-to-miss side.

Mitchell Zuckoff

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I feel such a connection to 'Violet.'

Joshua Henry

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