Alexander McCall Smith
Related One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your lif... BOB RICHARDS CHARLES BUKOWSKI ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH ETHAN HAWKE C. JOYBELL C. You get a job when you have the right qualifications and work experience. Similarly, individuals sho... MADDY MALHOTRA WENDELL BERRY Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now... ED WOOD ANNE M. MULCAHY For me, screenwriting is all about setting characters in motion and as a writer just chasing them. T... JUSTIN ZACKHAM How to be wealthy;Birth an idea & then take it to the market place & believe that the market place w... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be perfect;Think nothing,say nothing & do nothing. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be Great;The moment you realize & accept the ordinary fact that those doing great things toda... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be great;Think of a gigantic & unheard of idea to birth & nurture & inside it lies your great... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) PADMA LAKSHMI CHELSEA CLINTON It's not about how much you make: it's about how good the quality is. You'll be better o... BOB IGER Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how yo... KARRINE STEFFANS LISA EDELSTEIN I'm pretty easily overwhelmed and pretty tough as well. I think I'm tougher than I used to b... NATHANIEL RATELIFF You change your mind-set, and as long as you've got a good mind-set, you'll know everything ... CURTIS JOSEPH CARRIE UNDERWOOD Quiero que [mi hijo] conozca el secreto de la felicidad, algo tan sencillo que da la impresión de q... JAMES RHODES ASHTON KUTCHER JOSH HUTCHERSON JAMES FREY I've heard, 'May the Force be with you' about as many times as, 'Hey, how you doing?... FREDDIE PRINZE, JR. A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE I've walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a... OLAFUR ELIASSON STEWART BUTTERFIELD Bear one thing in mind. Not everyone agrees with you. Be careful what position you take. JOE BROWNE RAFAEL NADAL I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also be... J. A. JANCE VIDYA BALAN DEYTH BANGER TOM ROBBINS LOUIS THEROUX MORRIE SCHWARTZ You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott. VERNON JORDAN RICHARD SIMMONS I've always played that edge of fact and fiction. I used to be a filmmaker, and certainly in fil... RUTH OZEKI FRANK ROBINSON DEBASISH MRIDHA LAURA PREPON CAZZIE DAVID I'll tell you one big misconception. Cops never say 'Freeze!' It might be misinterpreted... GREGORY SMITH RAY BRADBURY JOSH HOMME GINA RODRIGUEZ You can't do television shows caring whether or not the network picks you up. You can only do th... JON CRYER MAURA TIERNEY ALICIA VIKANDER The thing about growing old is you have to accept it - if you don't, you'll be as miserable ... JUDY PARFITT One day, you'll get out of the Marine Corps; you'll put your uniform up, but you'll neve... JOHN F. KELLY Worrying about how you'll be remembered is pointless. Better to try to live your life in such a ... CHARLES CUMMING ELON MUSK JULIANNA BAGGOTT WILLIAM J. CLINTON Credit is a promise to deliver money. It will produce GDP but you'll create credit... So you rea... RAY DALIO MEGAN FOX THALIA KATIE TAYLOR SONAM KAPOOR Facebook is made up of people you've met, but not necessarily who are similar to you. I have 850... GARRETT CAMP CONOR MCGREGOR ELON MUSK I've learned that one thing about my life that is certain is trouble. T.I. I've learned that it's not a straight road to the top, and there are going to be setbacks al... EUGENIE BOUCHARD RALPH LAUREN I'll tell a young kid in a minute, 'If you don't know how to read, then what good is try... RAEKWON ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH BONNIE HUNT DEBASISH MRIDHA JULIE ANDREWS LILY JAMES DAVID SEDARIS SONIA SOTOMAYOR JANE GOODALL JEFFREY FRY When you decide you want to become a television writer, you naively assume it's going to be like... JEFFREY KLARIK I don't think you can teach people how to be funny. You can make suggestions about how to speak ... GEORGE CUKOR If you're somebody who writes songs or writes fiction, a writer that people pay for your opinion... JASON ISBELL You want to be appreciated for all your work as opposed to one performance, but I'll always be &... NICK MORAN DWAYNE JOHNSON MICHAEL HAYDEN You want a lesson? I'll give you a lesson. How about a geography lesson? My father's from Pu... JENNIFER ESPOSITO BARBARA KINGSOLVER I've always looked at filmmaking as a lifestyle. There is no decision of when you go to work. It... BALTASAR KORMAKUR I've learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talent... OTIS WILLIAMS TOM PETTY PATRICK ROTHFUSS It would be simpler going to an Olympic Games knowing you had to nail one trick that you've done... CAROLINE BUCHANAN JIMMY WALKER CINDY SHERMAN I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brou... S. TRUETT CATHY DAX SHEPARD I never learned to be a writer. I never took screenwriting courses. I never read anyone's script... DEREK CIANFRANCE We've seen many heroes from Jamaica, you know, and to be put in that class or to be looked upon ... OMI LAUREN HOLLY Remember to afford yourselfDOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI
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I've had a lot of experience in independent film, and about how to choose. You've got to be ... 
When people begin to define the things that they believe in, based upon the exclusion of all the thi... 
How to be a Poet (to remind myself)
I learned how to be a learner. When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to k... 
I've been a model for 15 years, and I've been on 'Top Chef' for eight seasons, and b... 
There's something else that my mother taught me, public service is about service. And, as her da... 
It's important to be gentle about my routines. I've learned that the hard way. When I'm ... 
I've learned it's really important to work hard and keep your family and friends close. You&... 
I've learned the hard way how valuable privacy is. And I've learned that there are a lot of ... 
I've been the type of guy, I've always been very forthcoming with how I feel. And that it do... 
I always wanted to be the outlaw. And that's to a certain extent how I've lived. 
One of the biggest lessons I've learned is that there has got to be a reason for what you're... 
I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a s... 
Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You'... 
To be lazy is stupid, to be a muscle machine is a crazy thing... and how far we go or father we all ... 
To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. 
Sometimes people think I'm sort of a Machiavelli who is thinking, 'How can I disarm people? ... 
Learn how to live and you'll know how to die; learn how to die, and you'll know how to live. 
One day I may be meeting you and hearing how you've changed your life by saying, 'Farewell t... 
I am perplexed about how we're not producing on offense. But I can't start panicking now. You have t... 
To be a success, you have to break down your wall of fear that you built around you to protect yours... 
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