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Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

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Alexander McCall Smith
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Category: Society

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. Age is not important unless you're a cheese.
  • 2. What most persons consider as virtue after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
  • 3. I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched.

2 Amazing

  • 1. What do I think of L.A.? It's boring with some amazing nuggets. Like there are some parts of it that are great but by and large I think it's quite boring.
  • 2. I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer a marvelous marvelous guitar player and plays really good fiddle.
  • 3. That show 'The Amazing Race' – is that about white people?

3 Anger

  • 1. Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.
  • 2. Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
  • 3. I think a certain amount of anger has been a fuel of mine if you want – but also some sort of sadness and plain mischief of course.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band but now they are really another band so it's all a bit weird.
  • 2. Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse hopefully enduring and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
  • 3. That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.

5 Architecture

  • 1. I was a student at Columbia College actually in the Architecture school. Paul would drive in from Queens showing me these new songs. I can't remember us working it out.
  • 2. I could have been an architect but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see.
  • 3. Switzerland is a small steep country much more up and down than sideways and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo clock style of architecture.
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