Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.
From Alexander McCall Smith
Who can't like pigs? They're wonderful creatures! I've always liked pigs.
The local community is very important in one's life; the feelings of identification with a place and people.
I would certainly never consider myself a Renaissance Man; I'm not fit to look at the dust from the chariot wheels of many of those who have gone before me.
Edinburgh used to be a haughty city.
That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic.
Well, I'd say all of us are a combination of moods and emotions. In my day to day life I don't go around skipping, but at times one can feel sheer exhilarating joy at the world.
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 which puts the positive side.
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.
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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