Quotes about british
british-actor school
I was always in plays at school and in school concerts - you could say I liked to show off. George Cole
british-actor people
I was paid to be cheeky and people clapped me for it.
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It is our job to work for the government of the day and so that means working for Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, and we need to do those preparations just to be sure that we're ready for whoever you, the British public, elect and that's core to our civil service values over the last 150 years.
british-musician copies gear half hour later studios thirty thousand
We were at Pye Studios for half an hour so we set the gear up and we did two tracks. A month later we found out it was selling thirty thousand copies a day. Georgie Fame
british-musician broke
I broke up the band in the office in Gerrard Street.
british famous good middle strength theatre
The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living. Ian Mckellen
british concept great grew humor moved six
I have no idea what a British sensibility or a British sense of humor is. I have no concept of what that is. I have no concept of what American sensibility is. I was born in Great Britain, but I was only there for six months, and we moved to Belgium, where I grew up. Frank Oz
british-musician comfort
There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find. George Michael
british-scientist definite existence knowledge organic remains repeated species teaches time
Moreover, all our knowledge of organic remains teaches us, that species have a definite existence, and a centralization in geological time as well as in geographical space, and that no species is repeated in time. Edward Forbes
british-musician music
Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you. Elvis Costello
british-scientist cause speculate store study undergo
We speculate as to what is in store for us. But we not only undergo events, we in part cause them or at least influence their course. We have not only to study them but to act. Emily Greene Balch
british-scientist cause closely commission connected less medical modern nations noticeable population scientific special study united
Another cause of change, one less noticeable but fundamental, is the modern growth of population closely connected with scientific and medical discoveries. It is interesting that the United Nations has set up a special Commission to study this question.
british-scientist common deal either vast
Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common.
british-novelist hit madam saw time
Madam your wife and I didn't hit it off the only time I ever saw her. I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me. Elizabeth Gaskell
british-scientist efficient great instrument language vehicle
Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.
british-scientist discovery suggested
The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.
british-scientist learned mistakes
I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.
british hard harsh rather
They're very harsh people, the British: hard to impress, very tough on each other, but I rather like that. It's not that the British are more honest - you're just under no illusion with them. Hugh Laurie
british-historian people wisdom
We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice. Arthur Helps
british-actor trying
We're trying to make a movie that's interesting. Jason Statham
british left played school scottish
I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and British boys' teams. Alan Hansen
british-dramatist cd opposed people playing showing spirit studio trying
I've been in the studio experimenting on making a CD of my own. I'm trying out different producers, styles, sounds. With music, as opposed to acting, you are not playing a character. You are showing people who you are. I really want to have my spirit in it. Emmy Rossum
british-dramatist dollars
I started working when I was seven and I was working for five dollars a night at the Met.
british-musician
I don't think the critics could understand what we were doing. Jimmy Page
british-musician music
I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising.
british helped landed partly production teach watch
I used to watch a lot of American and British television as a child, which helped teach me the language and accents; it was partly that which landed me the part of Roxy in a London production of 'Chicago' when I was 25.
british country denmark drama feeling felt general looked reflected tradition tv
Denmark as a country has always looked up to England. I've always felt that British actors are fantastic. There's a strong theatre tradition in your country, and that is reflected in TV and film as well. We've always thought that for crime series, you were the masters, and the general feeling the Danes have of British drama is that it's excellent.
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
british-actress character hold next tight
You can hold tight to a character and say, This is mine, or you can just kind of say, Hey, you know what? This is the next generation. Angela Cartwright