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Well, Id say all of us are a combination of moods and emotions. In my day to day life I dont go around skipping, but at times one can feel sheer exhilarating joy at the world.
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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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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International business, once allowed to stalk uncontrolled, killed the local, the small, the quirky.
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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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I see no point in being despondent. We might as well enjoy ourselves during our brief tenure of this life.
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There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one.
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I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas.
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Edinburgh used to be a haughty city.
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If your ceiling should fall down, then you have lost a room, but gained a courtyard. Think of it that way.
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The good were worthy of note because they battled and that battle was a great story, whereas the evil were evil because of moral laziness, or weakness, and that was ultimately a dull and uninteresting affair.
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