Tim McGraw

I think you have to be a little bit strict. You can't be friend and their parent in a lot of situations, especially in this day and age where it's so dangerous for kids. So there's a bit of sternness, I guess, in the way I raise my kids.

American Musician

Ramana Maharshi

If you are vigilant and make a stern effort to reject every thought when it rises, you will soon find that you are going deeper and deeper into your own inner self, where there is no need for your effort to reject the thoughts.

Indian Philosopher

David Slade

My agent and manager would sternly tell me exactly the number of projects that we've turned down at this point. But, I think it's really important to do the right thing next.

British Director

Friedrich Schiller

The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.

German Dramatist

Jennifer Connelly

I look very serious. I look stern even when I'm not stern. If I'm not feeling cross, I look a little bit cross. I can't help it. It's just my face.

American Actress

Bubba Wallace

No matter what faces you in life, always look up to God, and he will guide the way. You just have to walk that path very stern, and very proud.

American Driver

Nick Young

I don't have to go through life being mean or having a stern face just to play basketball. I enjoy the game and play it how I like to play it.

American Athlete

Lord Byron

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

British Poet

Carrie Fisher

I think that the truth is a really stern taskmistress.

William Shakespeare

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

English Playwright

Used to emphasize the strictness or control an authority figure must convey in certain situations.

Authority Emphasis

'Stern' often suggests seriousness without anger; conveying disapproval or firmness.

Not Necessarily Angry

Shows someone maintaining composure and not showing softer emotions.

Emotional Control

Highlights the seriousness of consequences or actions being taken, implying they are not mild.

Consequence Severity

Indicates measures or punishments designed to strongly discourage unwanted behavior.

Discouraging Behavior

In nautical contexts, 'stern' refers specifically to the rear section of a vessel.

Location Specific

Remember that 'stern' is the opposite of 'bow', which is the front of the ship.

Opposite of Bow

Describes an unyielding, strong-willed nature in face of challenges or opposition.

Unyielding Nature

Often associated with a sense of duty or a moral stand that won't be compromised.

Moral Fortitude

 other tug captains earn their paychecks I'm here you can really see the job these guys have laid out for them they've got to get the stern of that ship read it into the drydock a little bump here comes with a huge price tag this is the crunch time right now this is what its gonna happen fast and furious you need to get the stern into the drydock

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 it's not that straightforward biodiversity the living fabric of this planet is not a gas it exists in many layers ecosystem species and genes across many scales international national local community and doing for nature what Lord Stern and esteemed it for climate is not that easy and yet we

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 And so I, like many others, we went into mission mode. And I called a friend of mine who is active-duty military. And I asked him a very simple question, how do I compartmentalize my emotions so that I can stay focused on the mission? And he gave me a very stern warning. He said, you can't.

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 said Yorktown on the stern more recently finding ancient history how many ancient mariners have had a bad day the numbers of million we've been discovering these along ancient trade routes where they're not supposed to be the shipwrecks thanked hundred years

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 he was quite stern in a way and challenged me. And he said, "You've been using the tools of modern neuroscience to investigate depression and anxiety and stress and fear. Why can't you use those same tools to study kindness and compassion?"

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 with my grandfather. The first thing was he always gave me a stern warning that if I ever sassed anybody who worked there, I was in deep doo-doo when we got home. He said, "these people work really hard -- harder than you can imagine,

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 caused a bit of upset in the herd remember how I said they're very protective over their little ones even if it's not their own baby and that one female on the left gave us a very stern look as we made our way closer so we're

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 I shall be deeply upset let that be a stern warning to you Lily one second it was one second here we go okay let's see if I was right great bull shark we have there you got them their sins all that so we garden you got one

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 characteristic I remember back in the day when I was still training my trainer we stopped at a bird like this and he asked me what said I said I'm not really into birds he gave me a very stern look and since then I've put

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 to protect his home and the lives of himself and his sled dogs my next job is I got to get my army boats turned over get them Stern to stern and then connect them up to each