Aberdeen Quotes

• When I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.

  Billy Connolly

  School, Air, Glasgow

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• Lord Aberdeen was quite touched when I told him I was so attached to the dear, dear Highlands and missed the fine hills so much. There is a great peculiarity about the Highlands and Highlanders; and they are such a chivalrous, fine, active people.

  Queen Victoria

  People, Hills, Highlander

  Queen Victoria, Arthur Helps (2010). “Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861”, p.42, Cambridge University Press

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• My father had a fishing business in Aberdeen destroyed by the European Union and the Common Fisheries Policy.

  Michael Gove

  Father, Fishing, Unions

  "Michael Gove's father denies his company was destroyed by EU policies". Sky News Interview, www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2016.

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• I always wanted to experience the street life because my teenage life in Aberdeen was so boring. But I was never really independent enough to do it. I applied for food stamps, lived under the bridge, and built a fort at the cedar mill.

  Kurt Cobain

  Teenage, Independent, Bridges

  "Our December 1992 Cover Story: 'Family Values'" by Jonathan Poneman, www.spin.com. December 12, 2017.

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• My father was from Aberdeen, and a more generous man you couldn't wish to meet. I have a gold watch that belonged to him. He sold it to me on his deathbed. I wrote him a cheque for it, post dated of course.

  Chic Murray

  Funny, Father, Humor

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• We have 2,500 students and an 8,000-seat basketball arena. You do the math on how important basketball is in Aberdeen.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Math, Important

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• He [Jock Stein] phoned and asked me to come over and see him one night Hibs were playing at home to Aberdeen. You know Im coming as manager, he said, and I know youll be disappointed. But I want to reciprocate for you making me your deputy by asking you to become my assistant.

  Sean Fallon

  Home, Night, Asking

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• In fact, in Aberdeen, Washington, I am known as Mr. Small Package!

  Daniel Bryan

  Facts, Small Packages, Known

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

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