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Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and my

Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair. – William Dunbar

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Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive. – William Dunbar

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Wisdom
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William Dunbar
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If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy. – David Schwimmer

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I am a hopeless romantic. – Jessica Brown Findlay

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Thats what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing. – Catherine Deneuve

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Most cynics are really crushed romantics: theyve been hurt, theyre sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell thats protecting this tiny, dear part in them thats still alive. – Jeff Bridges

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