Alexander McCall Smith
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“Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of technology.” -Alexander McCall Smith
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“I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very special. They’ve made a great success of their country, and the people are fed up with the constant reporting of only the problems and poverty of the continent. They welcome something…
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“It seems to me that we’re in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society.” -Alexander McCall Smith
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“My Botswana books are positive, and I’ve never really sought to deny that. They are positive. They present a very positive picture of the country. And I think that that is perfectly defensible given that there is so much written about Africa which is entirely negative.” -Alexander McCall Smith
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“It’s through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.” -Alexander McCall Smith
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“My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like to play in an orchestra. It has been a great success. We give performances we’ve become the most famous bad orchestra in the world.” -Alexander McCall Smith
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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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Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age. – Alexander McCall Smith
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