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I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes it's amazing how it concentrates their minds.
Alexander McCall Smith
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Alexander McCall Smith
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 24
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Alexander Sandy McCall Smith
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If you want to write, do two things - read lots of books and also, in your own writing, practise. Just write and write and then write again. persist. And never be put off or discouraged. You can do it!
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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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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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Many of my books are written from a female perspective. I rather enjoy the take that women have on the world, and certainly I enjoy the conversations that women have.
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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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