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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.

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Imagination,

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Alexander McCall Smith
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Category: Imagination

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you so when you start trying to count them on one hand you don't need any fingers.
  • 2. I hate to mention age but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.
  • 3. Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

2 Amazing

  • 1. My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.
  • 2. I'm not sure I make old bones in parliament. It's an amazing experience to have had but I can't see myself being Mother of the House.
  • 3. I mean why am I considered an 'it girl?' Because I'm in a lot of movies right now or am on the covers of magazines? I just hope there is something solid behind that. Because here's the thing with 'it girl' status. It's great and amazing that anybody is saying that at all. But how long does that last?

3 Anger

  • 1. After my second-to-last record 'The Greatest' I had gone on tour for a while and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of – it's not self-esteem or whatever or anger toward myself – but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically.
  • 2. I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration patience anger. Music is an extension of my soul.
  • 3. I'm generally quite an angry person and I like to channel my anger toward something creative.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
  • 2. Presently the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that advance our understanding of the American Jewish experience as it marks this milestone anniversary.
  • 3. You will reciprocally promise love loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today before God you formulate.

5 Architecture

  • 1. The loftier the building the deeper must the foundation be laid.
  • 2. Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art.
  • 3. The job of buildings is to improve human relations: architecture must ease them not make them worse.
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