William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell Quotes

On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.

William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell

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• In my personal life, I really like the look of vests. I wear fitted, business ones, and perfectly preppy sweater vests that I can knit myself.

  

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• In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.

  

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• Tackling still comes down to leverage and owning that leverage and making your hits.

  

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• I don't put on makeup when I'm getting ready for a game, because why would I? I am gearing up for battle. How is mascara or eyeliner going to help me win?

  

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• I've never been in an acting class in my life.

  

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• In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.

  

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• I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.

  

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• I suppose I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person, and I just find it frustrating that people think that I'm some kind of weirdo reclusive that never comes out into the world.

  

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• I consider myself more a European director who is from Iceland than an Icelandic director.

  

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• Judiciary is where my passion is.

  

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• Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen.

  

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• I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.

  

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• People expect you to change when you become a mother, and of course my priorities changed when I had Violet. She's number one in my life and the best thing that ever happened to me, but I still have fun. I am still myself, but that is made out to seem like I am rebelling against motherhood.

  

  Imelda May
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• I love the smell of a man's skin.

  

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• For me, when I grew up playing music, I played music in church and people were shouting and having a big time, and church wasn't something where it was subdued. If you played something, you brought it to church with you.

  

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• Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I've done well against the tall guys.

  

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• Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?

  

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• Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not afford to make peace.

  

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• I'll fight a man with three children and a nice house any day over a man that's living out of a car.

  

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• Hanging out with my girlfriends is my sanity saver. We go out for a bad chick flick and dinner. I suggest you break free from the guys, see a really silly, girly movie, and get a little something to eat afterwards. It feels like a treat.

  

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• Why have I had this life? If I knew, I wouldn't have done it.

  

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• I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds.

  

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• On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.

  

  William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell
  • Children
  • Parent
  • Weeping