Nell Scovell (Helen Vivian Scovell) Quotes

In her darkest hours, Diana, Princess of Wales, could have used a friend like Empress Elisabeth of Austria. The two lived similar lives, a century apart.

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• I always focused on being an actor. I did stand-up briefly, but I also did a lot of dramatic work. But since I've been on 'The Daily Show,' people think I'm a comedian. That's not how I see myself.

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • People
  • Up
  • Work

• I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Love
  • Made
  • I Love

• Social media is interesting. It helps me connect with fans. It's immediate. It's a big part of my touring business - getting the word out via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

  

  Hannibal Buress
  • Business
  • Interesting
  • Social Media

• Saying that you are advocating on behalf of small business does not grant a license to spend at will on more and more programs without congressional input, oversight, or statutory authority.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Business
  • Small
  • Saying

• After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket.

  

  Hank Sauer
  • Home
  • Me
  • Run

• Life may not always fall into neat chapters, and you may not always get the satisfying ending you're looking for, but sometimes a good explanation is all the rewrite you need.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Life
  • Good
  • May

• In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Long
  • Women
  • Apple

• We already have - thanks to technology, development, skills, the efficiency of our work - enough resources to satisfy all human needs. But we don't have enough resources, and we are unlikely ever to have, to satisfy human greed.

  

  Zygmunt Bauman
  • Work
  • Technology
  • Thanks

• Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • People
  • Good
  • Amazing

• Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.

  

  Wang Jianlin
  • Government
  • Politics
  • More

• I'm not a natural storyteller at all. If anything, I'm a natural interviewer, a natural listener, but I'm not a natural storyteller.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Natural
  • Anything

• You cannot have adoration without being criticized.

  

  Raf Simons
  • You
  • Being
  • Without

• I'm not hiding anything. What you see is what you get.

  

  Wayne Rogers
  • You
  • See
  • Hiding

• This entire cast, N.W.A, was an all-star group, and I really feel like people are going to look at 'Straight Outta Compton' years from now like this was an all-star cast.

  

  O'Shea Jackson, Jr.
  • People
  • Star
  • Look

• America is not a wily, sneaky nation. We don't think that way. We don't think much at all, thank God.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • God
  • America
  • Thank God

• I really love Tom Hardy. He makes really interesting choices.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Interesting
  • Choices
  • Really

• I've tried, in my own life, to speak up when I see harassment occurring. But I want to acknowledge that there are probably situations and instances where I could have done more. I think that's an acknowledgment that all men need to make.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Life
  • Up
  • Men

• For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.

  

  Wallis Simpson
  • Never
  • inspirational
  • Defeat

• I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what gives me confidence when I'm lining up on the blocks. I've never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be.

  

  Oscar Pistorius
  • People
  • Up
  • Day

• Sometimes I do stuff where people say, 'Why did you do that?' And you know, it's very simple. I do it because I've never done it before.

  

  Christoph Waltz
  • People
  • Done
  • Why

• I saw 'Star Wars' for the first time when I was four years old. Sure, I thought Princess Leia was awesome. But the character I identified with most was Luke Skywalker. I left the theater certain the Force was strong with me, that I could train to be a Jedi and wield a lightsaber just like Luke.

  

  Rae Carson
  • Time
  • Character
  • Strong

• If your mom asks you to do the dishes, do not pull out your pirate attitude. But if someone tells you you're not good enough, says your dreams are too lofty, or claims there is no room in showbiz for a dancing violinist - well then, by all means, pull out your eye patch, my friend, and take to the high seas.

  

  Lindsey Stirling
  • Good
  • High
  • Friend

• The atmosphere in which social legislation is considered is not a friend of truth.

  

  Daniel Patrick Moynihan
  • Truth
  • Friend
  • Politics

• In her darkest hours, Diana, Princess of Wales, could have used a friend like Empress Elisabeth of Austria. The two lived similar lives, a century apart.

  

  Nell Scovell
  • Friend
  • Princess