Scotland Quotes - Page 13

• I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of what came from Scotland, there is the celtic factor... and I am an Irishman because you cannot be an Ulsterman without being an Irishman.

  Ian Paisley

  Islands, Celtic, Born

  "Unionist Politics and the Politics of Unionism Since the Anglo-Irish Agreement". Book by Feargal Cochrane, 1997.

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• The mark of a Scot of all classes [is that] he ... remembers and cherishes the memory of his forebears, good or bad; and there burns alive in him a sense of identity with the dead even to the twentieth generation.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Memories, Class, Identity

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (Illustrated)”, p.1818, Delphi Classics

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• I have travelled around the globe. I have seen the Canadian and American Rockies, the Andes, the Alps and the Highlands of Scotland, but for simple beauty, Cape Breton outrivals them all!

  Alexander Graham Bell

  Simple, Capes, Alps

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• The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could.

  Alistair Darling

  States, Courses

  "Why Scotland should stay a partner in the United Kingdom". www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2012.

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• Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Country, Mean, Fate

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• Iceland is 50 percent Celtic blood, from the females that they stole from us, which is why our country has only got dogs left. It was a joke! I'll never be let back in Scotland again!

  Gerard Butler

  Country, Dog, Blood

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• We do have a big kind of history in literate tradition of Vikings and we have a lot of Viking blood in Scotland, I mean especially up north wherever you go you see a plastic Viking sitting outside a shop and Viking calendars and - because they - you know they came down and stole all our chicks and then some of them didn't quite get back and ended up settling down here. So there's a lot of Viking blood in Scotland.

  Craig Ferguson

  Mean, Blood, Up North

  "Hot Scots Craig Ferguson and Gerard Butler join comedic forces in DreamWorks 'How To Train Your Dragon'". Chicago Parent Interview, www.chicagoparent.com. November 23, 2010.

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• I am attached to the west coast of Scotland - it's gorgeous to look at and challenging. You have to contend with the possibility of being blown away or rained on. And in the summer months you can be eaten alive by midges.

  Clive Anderson

  Summer, Challenges, Months

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• I attempted to fish in Scotland and I managed to hook a dog. It was a horrible moment but the dog turned out to be fine.

  Emily Blunt

  Dog, Hook, Moments

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• I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.

  Alexander McQueen

  Hate, People, I Hate

  "Tartan Day: no better time to learn about the Scottish pattern's checkered history" by Karen Gardiner, www.theguardian.com. April 6, 2015.

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• In Scotland, the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least, Labour voters are satisfied with their government.

  Lucy Powell

  Government, Voters, Election

  "A good night for Labour - phew!" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2008.

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• I remember my dad came from Ireland and Scotland, and so he carried with him the fear of poverty. So when I wanted to break loose, it kind of made him very nervous.

  Robert Redford

  Dad, Poverty, Kind

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• In many ways Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when universal credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Moving, People, Income

  "An independent Scotland could not pay welfare bill, says Iain Duncan Smith". www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2012.

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• If you make a film about a pig farmer in Wales and you are a huge hit as the pig farmer's wife, the next thing is you'll be asked to do a film about a sheep farmer in Scotland.

  Kristin Scott Thomas

  Sheep, Pigs, Wife

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• I just love family meetings. Very cozy, with the Christmas garlands round the fireplace and a nice pot of tea and a detective from Scotland Yard ready to arrest you.

  Rick Riordan

  Nice, Family Love, Tea

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.

  Dave Barry

  Country, America, World

  Dave Barry (1991). “Dave Barry's guide to life”, Random House Value Publishing

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• We Scots have a fierce pride in the things we do that others can never appreciate. I am the British No. 1, but I would prefer to be the British No. 1 from Scotland every time.

  Andy Murray

  Pride, Appreciate, Fierce

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• England have the best fans in the world and Scotlands fans are second to none

  Kevin Keegan

  Fans, World, Kevin

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• We Slovenians are even better misers than you Scottish. You know how Scotland began? One of us Slovenians was spending too much money, so we put him on a boat and he landed in Scotland.

  Slavoj Žižek

  Too Much, Boat, Scottish

  "Joker apart" by James Harkin, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2005.

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• In Scotland football hooliganism has been met by banning alcohol from grounds but in England this solution has been circumnavigated

  Wallace Mercer

  Soccer, Football, Alcohol

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• Give us our parliament in Scotland. We will start with no traditions. We will start with ideals. We will start with purpose, with courage. We will start with the aim and object that there will be 134 men and women, pledged to 134 Scottish constituencies, to spend their whole brain power, their whole courage and their whole soul in making Scotland into a country in which we can take people from all the nations of the earth and say: this is our land, this is our Scotland, these are our people, these are our men, our works, our women and children: can you beat it?

  James Maxton

  Country, Children, Men

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• I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.

  Iain Banks

  Cities, Fans, Want

  Interview with Ken Livingstone, www.newstatesman.com.

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• It was here in Edinburgh that in the 1980s I joined with many others to protest against Margaret Thatcher as she arrived to address the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

  Douglas Alexander

  Church, Edinburgh, Addresses

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• I do miss Glasgow but Malibu is home now. I love it here and when I do go back to Scotland it takes me a bit of time to acclimatise. I am a spoilt so-and-so. I live in the mountains of Malibu in the most gorgeous house and I phone my mum every day and tell her that I have got bad news - that it is only 70 degrees here.

  Tommy Flanagan

  Home, Phones, House

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

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• There is some really good crack when I come back here. This is where I learned to swear.

  Ewan McGregor

  Cracks, Scots, Swear

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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