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"There does not seem to be that collegiality I referred to, there seems to be much more of a them versus us attitude, rather than we all have a role to play in this process so let's get on with it."
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"I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made."
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"We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases."
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"What makes your life rainy or sunny is your attitude towards life, not the attitude of life towards you!"
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"Feeling bored is a childish attitude.You wouldn't feel so if you don't relyon somebody to change your feeling."
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"Cynicism is one of the terrible obstacles to progress."
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"Sometimes you just have to have a can-do fuck you attitude."
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"It is important to take the seriousness out of things that do not deserve it. Take the seriousness out of it, and the thing loses its power."
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"Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them."
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"Guard yourself with a positive attitude, conviction, hope and fulfillment of your heart's desire."
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"If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first."
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"Besides, I always thought that one of the great attractions of practising law was what I like to call the collegiality of the profession and I think that duty of collegiality applies even when we are retired."
Thought
"There are even more statues of Robert Burns than of any other figure in world literature. Indeed if we discount figures of religion, then only Christopher Columbus has more statues than he worldwide."
Religion
"There does not seem to be that collegiality I referred to, there seems to be much more of a them versus us attitude, rather than we all have a role to play in this process so let's get on with it."
Attitude
"For in the works of Robert Burns we see the whole cosmos of man's experience and emotion, from zenith to nadir, from birth until death."
Death
"And thus it was that I started to wonder why Robert Burns is so important to us. We have other poets, and other writers, and other heroes, yet we do not afford them the veneration that we afford to Robert Burns."
Heroes
"One cannot imagine Scots music and song without the contribution of Burns."
Music
"I think that practising the law, particularly litigation, and particularly in Glasgow, has always been difficult enough without adding to it by having problems with professional colleagues or former colleagues."
Law
"Having said that, I enjoyed every minute of my time and I got a degree of job satisfaction which I am sure was far greater than the majority of my colleagues."
Time
"If I was starting off now, I would probably have taken one or two different turnings along the way."
Now
"And on 25 January of each year and for many days before it and after it there is not an hour in the day or night when a Burns Supper is not taking place somewhere on this earth."
Day
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