"We think the world is ours forever, but we are little more than squatters."

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Source : Alexander McCall Smith (2007). “The Careful Use of Compliments”, p.12, Anchor

Alexander McCall Smith

#Thinking Quotes #Forever Quotes #World Quotes

“Conservation is now a dead word.”
“Ah, yes, my social life â€” a series of encounters where we briefly debate who is in the greater rush.”
“Very much alone in my work, I am almost jealous of it.”
“Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence.”
“Father's Day was great, but all the family gatherings brought up my mother's death. Maybe it's me, because I am a wimp. We would get together, but there was someone missing!”
“The fact that I made a special movie with an old-fashioned style - even if it's a mix between with modern and old-fashioned things - must mean I feel both ways about change. In a way I'm resisting, but in a way adapting myself to the times.”
“In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond biblical literalism. It's time we did the same for homophobia.”
“We're living in a time when pretty much anything can happen in the music world. There are a lot of musical languages in which people work. When I think of common practice I think back to the time I was studying the flute, where I learned that in the Baroque period many things were not notated, since they were understood - that was because of common practice.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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