Quotes about british
british films kids watching
For British cinema to survive, you really need a British film culture, and it's got to start down there, with young kids watching films in the cinema - so they can be transported to a different world. Gurinder Chadha
british country empire forming history links national respect teaching understand unlikely
Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what we are, forming our national identity. A country that does not understand its own history is unlikely to respect that of others. Antony Beevor
british love tend watch
I don't tend to watch too many American comedies. I love British comedy. Danny McBride
british created early fad golden groups known member mystical order society tarot turned
Mystical groups such as the Theosophical Society and the Rosicrucians turned tarot into an American fad during the early 1900s. Many American tarot practitioners use a set of cards known as the Waite-Smith deck, created in 1909 by A.E. Waite, a British member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and the artist Pamela Colman Smith.
british-author
I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress. Antonia Fraser
british-author people
We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged.
british-author farthest mary subject
After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell.
british-actor
I think all of the parties still have some way to go to better utilise IT in campaigns. Adam Rickitt
british-actor chance either happened next panicked sit time took
I've never had a chance to sit down and enjoy what's happened - I've been too panicked about the next move. So I took some time out. I thought either I do this now or in 10 years' time I'll end up in the Priory.
british-actor further list onto people selection
I think people forget that to be on the A list you first had to go through the original graded Parliamentary Selection Board. I did that and then like everyone else had the further interviews to get onto the A list.
british-musician
We loved everything. We wanted to be able to do anything. Jim Capaldi
british-actor language
What language are you talking in now? It appears to be bollocks. Richard Wilson
british-author certainly city contrast local quite village
We were the local cockneys, well I wasn't quite a cockney, but I was certainly enchanted by the contrast between city and village life. Jilly Cooper
british discussion phone
There has never been any discussion about us (buying) any part of a phone company, British Telecom or any other phone company, Bill Gates
british-musician dave gordon playing
There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.
british grand relieved retain sure
We're relieved that we've been able to retain the British Grand Prix in this country, as I'm sure Bernie is too. Jackie Stewart
british education frank quite system time understand
To be quite frank I think he is very old-fashioned and out of time and he doesn't understand what is going on in the British education system at the moment, Charles Clark
british-actor confidence passionate rejection
You have to be passionate about it. You have to be able to take rejection and disappointment at first and not let your confidence be undermined. Juliet Mills
british classic convince days easy excuse spend streets work
Too much research can be the writer's enemy. You can spend days on end in the British Library or prowling the streets with a Dictaphone, and it's easy to convince yourself that you're working hard. Often, it can be an excuse not to work; a classic displacement activity. Mark Billingham
british diverse found identities imposing india large though
Though blessed with many able administrators, the British found India just too large and diverse to handle. Many of their decisions stoked Hindu-Muslim tensions, imposing sharp new religious-political identities on Indians. Pankaj Mishra
british-statesman learning merely private pull strike wear
Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. Lord Chesterfield
british-comedian meal sat
When I was growing up, there were just the three channels, so as a nation we all sat down to the same meal at the end of the day. Now there's been this explosion. Rory Bremner
british-comedian certain character rectify work
We work with every one of them to see if their character wouldn't say a certain thing or if something is worded awkwardly - we work with them to rectify that. Simon Pegg
british early late motown
This will be a lot from the '60s, with a little from the late '50s and early '70s. It will have the Motown sound, the British invasion. David Johnson