Shortly before she died, Alex spoke to us about butterflies, and we released them at her funeral as a beautiful tribute to her life. Since then, the butterfly has come to symbolize Alex, her life and her work. The Alexandra Scott Butterfly Award will serve as an enduring tribute to her memory, and we congratulate Grace as this year's winner.
Elizabeth Scott
Related A tribute to all woman who are the strength of life, the rock of her family, the gentle heartbeat to... JASMINA SIDEROVSKI She was a true Tanosenk ... a prodigy ... a true unicorn ... and a true warrior. She faced an unfair... DEEPIKA KUMAARAGURU Beautiful," Andy breathed in awe as an iridescent butterfly tumbled past, just inches from her face.... JOSEPHINE ANGELINI Every woman should marry for her own advantage since her husband will represent her, as visible as h... PHILIPPA GREGORY She is a playmaker. At halftime, she told her teammates to follow her and she would lead us back. We... STEVE HOLLOWAY She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, ... KEN FOLLETT Nancy Scott was worldly, funny and gritty in her approach to her work, ... She had a fine sense of o... PHIL BRONSTEIN When she transformed into a butterfly, the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty, but of her weirdnes... DEAN JACKSON Coretta Scott King will be missed. Her work and her life was not in vain because of the sacrifices s... HANA STITH This a tribute to her hard work and the depth of support she's built. ANN LEWIS To her, it was like asking a butterfly what it remembered about being a caterpillar. She could fly n... THOMM QUACKENBUSH Rebecca woke up with her knees hurting and her fingers ice-cold, and the specifics of her life retur... ELIZA VICTORIA Alex has become more vocal for us, which is a nice surprise. She never stepped up like this before b... AMY POWELL It is very important to us that she comes back to assist us with this investigation. We hope that Ka... ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER TARIQUE GHAFFUR In the corner of her eye she caught her daughter’s shoulders drop as Alex exhaled with uncommon so... G.S. JENNSEN You can't guard Nicole Scott with just one player. Langley (Iverson) did a great job on her but we a... KAREN FRIEL Nichole has one goal in life, as far as basketball, and that is to help her team win. She has no sel... JANE ALBRIGHT I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England. ELIZABETH I (SPOKEN TO HER PARLAMENT) Jamie is the epitome of what the award means. She is at the top academically, athletically and, in t... MARGIE WRIGHT My English teacher has no face. She has uncombed stringy hair that droops on her shoulders. The hair... LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON And then there was her face: her white skin, her brown eyes, and her expression, so soft and beautif... NATSUO KIRINO She knows her job; I just tried to keep her as fresh as possible. We still have to monitor her daily... LAUREN HOUGH Danielle is one of the top defenders in the Southeast, and we are thrilled to have her coming to Ole... STEVE HOLEMAN As soon as she gets her divorce one of us is going to marry her. We don't know which. She is abo... RICHARD H. DAVIS I'm very much amazed with her work. We won't be able to grasp the impact her life has had for years ... DR. CORANN OKORODUDU Before her marriage she had thought that she had love within her grasp; but since the happiness whic... GUSTAVE FLAUBERT I talked to Megan before the game and told her that we are in league play now, and she has to work o... EARNEST WILLHITE A dear friend of my early childhood has worked as an anthropologist in Papua New Guinea for much of ... MICHAEL LEUNIG She died that night. Her last breath took her soul, I saw it in my dream. I saw her soul leave her b... GARTH STEIN I was shortly again at the castle, and the Princess gave me her hand to kiss and then brought her ch... MAX MULLER ...on her deathbed... I tell her she is as good a soul as I have ever met or hope to meet, that she ... DEAN KOONTZ Keep your eyes open for her. We still feel as strongly as ever that Elizabeth is out there, that she... ED SMART you left and i wanted you still yet i deserved someone who was willing to stay RUPI KAUR She was confused. One of the questions she had was, 'Did someone go to jail for it?' It hurt to tell... CONNIE TRUJILLO And if we can imagine the art of fiction come alive and standing in our midst, she would undoubtedly... VIRGINIA WOOLF First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We thought it would be a very nice tribute to her to offer an award to a female student who was tryi... JOSEPH FALL This did not in any way alter her intention of accomplishing her mission; on the contrary; it seemed... JANE BOWLES Yes, Alex is playing her first year on varsity, but she's been there before. She came with us to the... JENNIFER GRUBB As her feet beat the concrete ground beneath them, her chest began to ache. It had been a long time ... ROSS CALIGIURI Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her greatest misfortune, she ... NAPOLEON HILL We remember Alex and his family in our prayers. We have cards going out to the members of the pep ba... DIANNE NOLAN It’s not her shape, her face, or her hair that makes her beautiful. Neither is it t... PIERRE ALEX JEANTY Love her the way you crave to be loved. PIERRE ALEX JEANTY When you look at her, if you do not feel blessed to have her. She is not yours to kee... PIERRE ALEX JEANTY If you aren’t willing to love her, do not put dents on her heart that will inf... PIERRE ALEX JEANTY I saw her when she was born. I carried her when she was born. I carried her when she died. I saw her... EDWIN REYES At URBN, we see ourselves as customer specialists, a collection of brands, each one specializing in ... RICHARD HAYNE Diana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her - her mik... BEYONCE KNOWLES We?re here tonight thinking about Cindy Sheehan and how she needs support. Perhaps the president can... JOHN SHANLEY I think that the lady who is waiting on me at the local diner, who has kids in school and the mouths... MARTHA STEWART I look at her and talk to her as an assistant coach at times. She doesn't say a lot to the other pla... AL SORRENTINO I met Lana in her final years and liked her a great deal. We got along really well. She said if ther... SHARON STONE My beautiful wife is dead. She meant everything to me. Her laughter, her tears and her joy will rema... WILLIAM SHATNER Nancy was as proud as she was critical of her younger daughter. She spoke glowingly about the precoc... JOAN FRANCES CASEY Courtney has worked awfully hard since November to become physically and mentally stronger as far as... ANGELO FORTE In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through an... JERRY SPINELLI But I want to pay tribute to Anna Lee Woodruff, an extraordinary, selfless woman and beautiful grand... JUDY WOODRUFF I’m still not good enough for a girl like her, but she’s back in my life and she needs someone t... KATIE MCGARRY Today, she is standing at the top of a mountain and appreciating the majestic panoramic view of mesm... ASHISH BHARDWAJ You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she... JOHN RUSKIN Elizabeth is 6 and has been involved since before she was born. Her mother was a walker while she wa... BARBARA ATCHISON Without the support of my mom, Marlene, I would not be the person I am Saturday. She has been my mai... SEAN AVERY She really said no to nothing. I think Tom Robbins named her. She officially changed her name to Aur... DANA RUST The biggest thing is just her overall intelligence as far as understanding the game, and taking adva... KURT GREENE If Indian Vale is as good as we think she is and she runs her race, she'll make me look good, ... If... ANGEL JR. If Indian Vale is as good as we think she is and she runs her race, she'll make me look good. If I m... ANGEL JR If Indian Vale is as good as we think she is and she runs her race, she'll make me look good, ... If... ANGEL CORDERO JR. If Indian Vale is as good as we think she is and she runs her race, she'll make me look good. If I m... ANGEL CORDERO JR Even as she began to slip into the gloaming of her life, the primal need to live…to survive...claw... R. W. PATTERSON She and Kennedy both dove for the power connector; Kennedy reached it first and yanked out the conne... G.S. JENNSEN I love Jill Scott! I love everything she puts on, how she does her hair; everything about Jill Scott... YVETTE NICOLE BROWN Phyllis Hunger has dedicated her entire life to youth. In her professional career as well as in her ... DEAN RYERSON My mother has made choices in her life, as we all must, and she is at peace with them. I can see her... ELIZABETH GILBERT If you tell a beautiful woman that she is beautiful, what have you given her? It's no more than a fa... AYN RAND No one could see her objectively anyway. Even those who saw her for the first time, before she had o... ANN PATCHETT I remember her as a beautiful young lady, inside and out. I remember her as someone who was very muc... CORNELIA KELLEY It's upsetting to see an innocent person pleading for her life. You sympathize with her. ... I hope ... MOUHIB AYAS She is an Academy Award nominee. She has been in everything since the beginning of time. She is a gr... AMY ETTINGER She wants to prove to herself, her dad and Patrick that she is going to take her life in her hands a... JASON THOMPSON We decided to take this on as an outreach to the community and to try to make a difference in her me... ANDY SOUTHERLAND My mother was a full-time mother. She didn't have much of her own career, her own life, her own ... ANGELINA JOLIE She always said, 'When I'm home, I've got to get things done, even if there are visitors. Elizabeth ... JANE SMILEY Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her hair was as golden as the sun's rays, and her so... GASTON LEROUX As she looked in the full-length mirror in her dressing room, she added a few ropes of pearls, pinne... LYNN STEWARD What are the thorns really telling her? It's why she won't let us see them, why she clings to them--... PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP When she said she found a butterfly and her mom just passed away, I had tears. KRYSTIE SCHIELE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES She spoke the most beautiful classical Arabic and no one understood her. I got fed up with her and t... VALENTINE VESTER And if he had judged her harshly? If her life were a simple rosary of hours, her life simple and str... JAMES JOYCE All we want for her to do is rebound and play good defense. We ran one play for her today. She score... DEE ROMINE Then she sat as if paralyzed, thinking. She had never in her life felt such a longing. She wanted Mi... STIEG LARSSON The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resour... ANNA JULIA COOPER A woman's body is a sacred temple. A work of art, and a life-giving vessel. And once she becomes a m... SUZY KASSEM She was a huge ally. She lent her name to the cause, testified before Congress on ENDA (Employment N... JOE SOLMONESE She took over your life in a good way. Towards the end of her life, I thought of her as a mother as ... SUSAN DUEHLMEIER Thirrin Freer Strong-in-the-Arm Lindenshield carried her names with ease. She was thirteen years old... STUART HILL Avis named her business Paradise Pastry because she imagined cathedrals. She thought about the stone... DIANA ABU-JABER Just when the caterpillar thought her world was over, she became a butterfly. LORI BRAUTIGAM She sits down and puts her hand to her chest and rocks. Thinks of all she has lost and will lose. Al... ELIZABETH BERG
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ELIZABETH WEIN I was doing something I'd never done before. And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot ye... ELIZABETH GILBERT Fear--who cares? ELIZABETH GILBERT I don't believe for a minute-that we wouldn't have become friends somehow-that an unexploded bomb wo... ELIZABETH WEIN People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate i... ELIZABETH GILBERT It's still two human beings trying to get along, so it's going to be complicated. And love is always... ELIZABETH GILBERT Some days are meant to be counted, others are meant to be weighed. ELIZABETH GILBERT The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than stayin... ELIZABETH GILBERT We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy's fabled beggar who spent his life sitti... ELIZABETH GILBERT You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the s... ELIZABETH GILBERT I crossed the street to walk in the sunshine. ELIZABETH GILBERT I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water. ELIZABETH GILBERT I met an old lady once, almost a hundred years old, and she told me, 'There are only two questions t... ELIZABETH GILBERT Operation Self-Esteem--Day Fucking One. ELIZABETH GILBERT Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you wan... ELIZABETH GILBERT I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill ... ELIZABETH GILBERT One thing I do know about intimacy is that there are certain natural laws which govern the sexual ex... ELIZABETH GILBERT It all goes away. Eventually, everything goes away. ELIZABETH GILBERT The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than stayin... ELIZABETH GILBERT Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots. ELIZABETH GILBERT There’s a crack (or cracks) in everyone…that’s how the light of God gets in. ELIZABETH GILBERT In desperate love, we always invent the characters of our partners, demanding they be what we need o... ELIZABETH GILBERT I think I deserve something beautiful. ELIZABETH GILBERT The Bhagavad Gita--that ancient Indian Yogic text--says that it is better to live your own destiny i... ELIZABETH GILBERT Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions. ELIZABETH GILBERT To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life. ELIZABETH GILBERT When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a m... ELIZABETH GILBERT Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, an... ELIZABETH GILBERT I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay wit... ELIZABETH GILBERT This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something. ELIZABETH GILBERT Americans have an inability to relax into sheer pleasure.Ours is an entertainment seeking-nation, bu... ELIZABETH GILBERT There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdictio... ELIZABETH GILBERT Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they ... ELIZABETH GILBERT Intimacies between women go backwards, beginning with revelations and ending up in small talk withou... ELIZABETH BOWEN Postmodernism refuses to privilege any one perspective, and recognizes only difference, never inequa... ELIZABETH WILSON