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I am capable of being idle.

Alexander McCall Smith

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Alexander McCall Smith
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 24
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Alexander Sandy McCall Smith
Idle
Capable

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There is room in history for all of us.
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It is the search for beauty...That is what it is. We find ourselves on this earth--gods and men--and we know that it is beautiful. That is one of the few things we understand--beauty because it is there, in the world, and we can see it all about us. We want beauty. It requires our love. It just does.
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Daughters could survive a powerful mother, but boys found it almost impossible. Such boys were often severely damaged and spent the rest of their lives running away from their mothers, or from anybody who remotely reminded them of their mothers either that, or they became their mothers, in a desperate, misguided act of psychological self defence.
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She was made for untidy rooms and rumpled beds.
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Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English in general. Sheer boredom...
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A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another, the living to the dead, people to animals, people to the land?
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Lou knew that joy unshared was a halved emotion, just as sadness and loss, when borne alone, were often doubled.
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Painters aren't expected to paint bleak pictures, are they?
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Simple questions--and simple answers--were what we needed in life. That was what Mma Ramotswe believed. Yes.
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I cannot see myself in a new car. I am a tiny white van person. That is what i want!
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To lose a child ... was something that could end one's world. One could never get back to how it was before. The stars went out. The moon disappeared. The birds became silent.
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It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.
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The Culture of Complaint... We live in a culture of complaint because everyone is always looking for things to complain about. It's all tied in with the desire to blame others for misfortunes and to get some form of compensation into the bargain.
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I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas.
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How many of us are happy to be exactly where we are at any moment?...only the completely happy think that they are in the correct place.
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I'm very interested in tea. I wouldn't mind being involved in some aspect of the tea industry.
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My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colourful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write.
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