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Alexander McCall Smith Quotes: The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.
         

The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.


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Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself.

Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself.



There is room in history for all of us.

There is room in history for all of us.



Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.



I see no point in being despondent. We might as well enjoy ourselves during our brief tenure of this life.

I see no point in being despondent. We might as well enjoy ourselves during our brief tenure of this life.



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.

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.



Talking about pumpkins doesn't make them grow.

Talking about pumpkins doesn't make them grow.



We think the world is ours forever, but we are little more than squatters.

We think the world is ours forever, but we are little more than squatters.



There are old mycologists and there are bold mycologists, but there are no old, bold mycologists.

There are old mycologists and there are bold mycologists, but there are no old, bold mycologists.



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?

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?



It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything.

It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything.





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If you could work your way to heaven, you would said look what I did, I got myself here by my good works. The only way you are going to make it is to come to that Cross.

If you could work your way to heaven, you would said look what I did, I got myself here by my good works. The only way you are going to make it is to come to that Cross.



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Scientists and religious leaders, activists and first nation leaders, CEOs of corporations and actors, all of us need to come together right now, because the planet is in a lot of pain.



The first time I was homeless was when I went to Atlanta. I was in a homeless shelter, then when I got a job I used to miss the curfew for the shelter. So I ended up sleeping outside in the streets.

The first time I was homeless was when I went to Atlanta. I was in a homeless shelter, then when I got a job I used to miss the curfew for the shelter. So I ended up sleeping outside in the streets.



My mother was an ex-nun, and my father was a Franciscan brother, so I grew up believing in Jesus the way anyone would believe in Mom's first husband.

My mother was an ex-nun, and my father was a Franciscan brother, so I grew up believing in Jesus the way anyone would believe in Mom's first husband.



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Anyway, he's gone. Which, as you know, is how I like my men.



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I think we're in a disposable world and 'Stairway to Heaven' is one of the things that hasn't quite been thrown away yet.



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When the audition for 'Cats' came up, even though I'd been making pop records, it felt like something I was attracted to.



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People are very protective of their cell phones, how it's used, where it's used and how much it costs. It has become a very personal issue for a whole lot of people in this country.




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