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Fun I love but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun and happiness is better than mirth.
It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination so that we can understand the sufferings of others.
Quotes By Alexander McCall Smith
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Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of...
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It seems to me that we're in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic...
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One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that...
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My Botswana books are positive and I've never really sought to deny that....
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I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture...
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But you cannot expect every writer to dwell on human suffering. I think my...
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My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like...
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I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to...
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Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age.
Quotes About Imagination
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Imagination is not something apart and hermetic not a way of leaving reality...
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With the brush we merely tint while the imagination alone produces colour.
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Anyone who lives within his means suffers from a lack of imagination.
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Sometimes surely truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence to love...
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The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character...
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I've been acting my whole life. I have this huge imagination! I'm a dancer...
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Grant that the true organ with which the beautiful is apprehended is the...