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

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Down
  • Owning
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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?

  

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

  

  Kaley Cuoco
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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.

  

  Baltasar Kormakur
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• Judiciary is where my passion is.

  

  Patrick Leahy
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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.

  

  Venerable Bede
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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
  • People
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  • She

• I love the smell of a man's skin.

  

  J. Courtney Sullivan
  • Love
  • Man
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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.

  

  Randy Owen
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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.

  

  Natan Sharansky
  • Peace
  • Hatred
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• I was only 18 and I'd be 22 if I was competing at London. I'm stronger and more experienced and I know I would have won gold.

  

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• I turned down 'Forrest Gump.'

  

  Chevy Chase

• I couldn't do anything else, I enjoy it so much. But I find it tough.

  

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• Ever since we started, we've been trying to give people music that is pop music where you could just get into the melody and get into the performance of the band and be quite satisfied.

  

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• Love is the one emotion actors allow themselves to believe.

  

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• At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one.

  

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• I have six illegitimate children," Villiers informed her, not kindly. She visibly paled. :My daughter is marrying a duke," the duchess said between clenched teeth. "True, he apparently has the morals of a squirrel, but that's my cross to bear.

  

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• Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds.

  

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• There has been a 12-year period where there has been no disciplinary action.

  

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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