Scotland Quotes - Page 11

• Bright was the summer of 1296. The war which had desolated Scotland was then at an end.

  Jane Porter

  Summer, War, Book

  Jane Porter (1854). “The Scottish Chiefs, etc”, p.1

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• I am more afraid of making a fault in my Latin than of the Kings of Spain, France, Scotland, the whole House of Guise, and all of their confederates.

  Elizabeth I

  Kings, Latin, House

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• My caddy today was a Scot and he told me that he was cheering for Australia, which I thought was a bit harsh. But generally I've been amazed at how many people have come up to me here in Scotland and said: 'I've never really watched cricket before, but I was hooked all summer.' It's great.

  Andrew Strauss

  Summer, Cheer, Australia

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• A compelling and important story of First Word War Scotland, a time when women redefined the word hope as the world was losing its innocence. Andrea MacPherson writes beautifully, balancing the lives of her characters between history and the poetry of gesture, secrets and love.

  Ami McKay

  War, Writing, Character

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• What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed; Where the rug's two-fold use we might display, By night a blanket, and a plaid by day.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Home, Night, Two

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• He's such a great threat because of his power and pace. 
  (on Cristiano Ronaldo)

  Alex Ferguson

  Cristiano Ronaldo, Pace, Threat

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• But there is always that unpredictability about a derby match and that's what it was today.

  Alex Ferguson

  Today, Unpredictability, Derby

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• Souness critics must eat humble pie as he transforms Newcastle.

  Alan Hansen

  Humble, Pie, Newcastle

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• The second half was easy to sum up - and absolute shambles! 
  (on England losing to Denmark 4-1)

  Alan Hansen

  Half, Denmark, England

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• The most important thing in a game like that is to win it.

  Alex Ferguson

  Winning, Games, Important

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• There was one moment where they were riding their little ponies in Scotland, and Stella said to me: 'Dad! You're Paul McCartney, aren't you?' 'Yes darling, but I'm Daddy really'.

  Paul McCartney

  Dad, Interesting, Riding

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• In any normal season, most of the teams below Chelsea would think they are doing quite well.

  Alex Ferguson

  Team, Thinking, Normal

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• Once again it was Gough who stood firm for Scotland in the air

  Jock Brown

  Soccer, Football, Air

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• As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland]. And then, as a person, I had never been to the African continent. So, I knew, personally, it would reshape me.

  Forest Whitaker

  Kings, Character, Opportunity

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I am legitimately Scottish. I can officially say — yes. Yeah, I am from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland.

  Karen Gillan

  Scottish, Yeah, I Can

  YouTube Channel "Thomas Lewis"/"Interview with Karen Gillan from Doctor Who", www.youtube.com. April 16, 2010.

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• I hope that audiences respond really positively. I think it's a very intense, entertaining film [The Last King of Scotland], because you're brought in on a fun ride, and slowly you fall into it as James [actor James McAvoy's character, Dr. Nicholas Garrigan] does. Nicholas is like the audience. I think it's a good ride for people. And you learn something, as well.

  Forest Whitaker

  Kings, Fun, Fall

  Source: aalbc.com

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• This is about sending a very strong message that Scotland does want to stay in the European Union and we're an open country, a good place to live, work, study and to do business and it's really important as we take forward what will be challenging work ahead of us, that we send those messages.

  Nicola Sturgeon

  Country, Strong, Challenging Work

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• I think Scotland is probably my spiritual home and I love it there very, very much.

  Sharon Cameron

  Spiritual, Home, Thinking

  Source: bookpage.com

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• I found the people to be very kind and generous. It was unique because the crew was mainly Ugandan [filming The Last King of Scotland]. They had never done a film before. So, they were learning the process of making films, but at the same time they were also helping with the authenticity of the film.

  Forest Whitaker

  Kings, Unique, People

  Source: aalbc.com

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• Scottish operative lodges began in the seventeenth century to admit non-operative members as accepted or gentleman masons and that by the early eighteenth century in some lodges the accepted or gentleman masons had gained the ascendancy: those lodges became, in turn speculative lodges, whilst others continued their purely operative nature. The speculative lodges eventually combined to form the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1736.

  John Hamill

  Gentleman, Scottish, Accepted

  John Hamill (1986). “The Craft: A History of English Freemasonry”, HarperCollins

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• I love Scotland, mainly for its landscape. I like walking, and it's a great place to go hiking.

  Toby Stephens

  Hiking, Landscape, Places To Go

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Donald Trump happened to be in Scotland on the very day, the morning after the Brexit vote. He's there to open his golf course in Turnberry, and, lo and behold, the first thing he talked about was not the Brexit vote.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Morning, Golf, Firsts

  "The Old Rules Don’t Apply to Trump". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. June 24, 2016.

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• There's not really the appetite in Wales at the moment to become an independent country. Scotland is in a different place.

  Carwyn Jones

  Country, Independent, Different

  "After Voting For Brexit, Wales Weighs In On EU Business Uncertainty". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. June 26, 2016.

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• I see no issue with [Donald] Trump spending 48 hours in Scotland.Whether accidental or intentional, the fact that he was there when Britain voted to leave the EU was a good thing for him.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Issues, Facts, Hours

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• Scotland is my country, the nation that shaped me, that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me, a community whose failings drive me - drive my overwhelming desire to fight for social justice and equality.

  Johann Lamont

  Country, Fighting, Overwhelming Desire

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