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Alexander McCall Smith, born on August 24, 1948, is a renowned Scottish writer known for his light-hearted and thoughtful writing style. His most famous works include the 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series, which has gained him a wide readership around the world.

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“You should have seen him,” she said. “A real ladies’ man. Stuff in his hair. Dark glasses. Fancy shoes. He had no idea how funny he looked. I much prefer men with ordinary shoes and honest trousers.”

Men Honesty Genuineness

Book:The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Source: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

“It shall be an offence for any man, either a husband or other person of the male sex, married or otherwise, being over the age of twelve years, to throw any item of clothing having been worn by the said person for whatever length of time, upon the floor of any bathroom or any room adjacent to and connected to a bathroom, without good cause.”

Men Boys Laundry Alexander Mccall Smith Messiness

Book:The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine

Source: The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine

“The language of Cat's generation was far harder than that of her own, and more pithily correct: in their terms, he was a hunk. But why, she wondered, should anybody actually want a hunk, when non-hunks were so much more interesting?”

Book:The Sunday Philosophy Club

Source: The Sunday Philosophy Club

“Men are very sensitive, Mma Makutsi. You would not always think it to look at them, but they are. They do not like you to point out that they are wrong, even when they are. That is the way things are, Mma--it just is.”

Men Humor Relationships Mma Ramotswe

Book:The Limpopo Academy Of Private Detection

Source: The Limpopo Academy Of Private Detection

“Boys, men," she said. "They're all the same. They think that this [their manhood] is something special and they're all so proud of it. They do not know how ridiculous it is.”

Book:The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Source: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

“What attracted men? Good looks? Certainly if a girl was pretty then she tended to get the attention of men; that was beyond any doubt at all. But it was not just prettiness that mattered, because there were many girls who did not look anything special but who seemed to ﬁnd no difﬁculty in making men notice them. These girls dressed in a very careful way; they knew which colours appealed to men (red, and other bright colours; men were like cattle in that respect) [...]”

Men Women And Men Gullible Gullibility

Book:In the Company of Cheerful Ladies

Source: In the Company of Cheerful Ladies

“Men, she thought, were odd about their clothes: they liked to wear the same things until they became defeated and threadbare.”

Men Clothes Alexander Mccall Smith

Book:The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine

Source: The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine

“He will be a small man inside," said Mma Ramotswe. "He will feel small and unimportant. That is why he needs to put ladies down, Mma. Men who are big inside never feel the need to do that.”

Men Self Esteem

Book:The Limpopo Academy Of Private Detection

Source: The Limpopo Academy Of Private Detection

“Men can be teenagers until well into their twenties. That is well known”

Book:The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café

Source: The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café

“My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colourful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write.”

Men Writing Character Mother Father Parent Nice Reader Gentle Supportive Colorful Nice Man

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“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.”

Men Looks Gone Fit Dust Wheels Renaissance Chariots Renaissance Man

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“It is the search for beauty...That is what it is. We find ourselves on this earth--gods and men--and we know that it is beautiful. That is one of the few things we understand--beauty; because it is there, in the world, and we can see it all about us. We want beauty. It requires our love. It just does.”

Knows Men World Want Doe Earth Beautiful Our Love

Author:Alexander McCall Smith

“Dating is really all about sex. In the conventional context, this means that the man invites the woman to go through a social encounter, the ultimate purpose of which is sexual engagement.”

Men Mean Purpose Social Sex He Man Ultimate Dating Encounters Engagement Invites Conventional

Book:Heavenly Date: And Other Stories

Source: Heavenly Date: And Other Stories

“I have always taken the view that one should never hold against a man anything he says after twelve o'clock at night or after a glass or two of anything.”

Men Should Two Night Views Taken Glasses Clock Twelve

Book:Espresso Tales

Source: Espresso Tales

“We all know that it is women who take the decisions, but we have to let men think that the decisions are theirs. It is an act of kindness on the part of women.”

Thinking Knows Men Decision Kindness Let Me Acts Of Kindness

Author:Alexander McCall Smith

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Born: August 24, 1948
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