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title: "1 Rewarding Life Quotes By James Robertson"
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> [The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as her mother repeatedly warned her, it owed her a break. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/the-wide-world-was-changing-and-she-wanted-a-different-place-in-it/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

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## More by James Robertson

> [Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/trust-the-story-the-storyteller-may-dissemble-and-deceive-the-story/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/the-dead-hand-has-too-long-hampered-the-freedom-of-the-living/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/the-wide-world-was-changing-and-she-wanted-a-different-place-in-it/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/i-prefer-the-pen-there-is-something-elemental-about-the-glide-and/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [“But I do like Scotland. I like the miserable weather. I like the miserable people, the fatalism, the negativity, the violence that's always just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/but-i-do-like-scotland-i-like-the-miserable-weather-i-like-the/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/there-is-something-hugely-civilised-about-allowing-long-pauses-in-a/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [Our ability to look back on the past, our need or desire to make sense of it, is both a blessing and a curse;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/our-ability-to-look-back-on-the-past-our-need-or-desire-to-make-sense/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [ \[M\]ost people go through life a wee bit disappointed in themselves. I think we all keep a memory of a moment when we missed… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/m-ost-people-go-through-life-a-wee-bit-disappointed-in-themselves-i/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last — tough people do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/it-might-be-tough-but-my-dad-used-to-say-tough-times-don-t-last-tough/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [“People think we didn't have theatres in Scotland for centuries because the Church suppressed them. Well, perhaps. But you could also argue that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/people-think-we-didn-t-have-theatres-in-scotland-for-centuries/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/there-s-a-perception-that-british-pies-suffer-from-mediocrity-and/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [“Walking through a deserted city in the hours before dawn is sobering way beyond the undoing of the effects of alcohol. Every thing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/walking-through-a-deserted-city-in-the-hours-before-dawn-is-sobering/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [When we're in the story, when we're part of it, we can't know the outcome. It's only later that we think we can see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/when-we-re-in-the-story-when-we-re-part-of-it-we-can-t-know-the/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [No one can say I didn't pay my dues in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/no-one-can-say-i-didn-t-pay-my-dues-in-life/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

> [On the clarity of your ideas depends the scope of your success in any endeavor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robertson/on-the-clarity-of-your-ideas-depends-the-scope-of-your-success-in-any/)

[James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robertson/)

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