Quotes about british
british-actor goes good invading people rewritten seem spectators stay upside
I am the reassurance that they have not changed. In an upside down world, with all the rules being rewritten as the game goes on and spectators invading the pitch, it is good to feel that some things and some people seem to stay just as they were. Kenneth More
british-musician ounce worth
An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition. Michael Korda
british consumes either english flirting insults involves male rather tends
The British male is either reticent, tongue-tied and awkward, or boorish and crass, and he usually consumes too much alcohol. English male flirting tends to be very circuitous, and involves a lot of insults rather than compliments. Kate Fox
british failure government meeting progress relieved
The British government was disappointed that the meeting did not make more progress but relieved it did not end in failure like Cancun and Seattle. Alan Johnson
british-scientist idol proof pure whom
Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.
british community great intelligence national skills
The skills of the British intelligence community are a great national asset.
british-actress human introduced ordinary sing song start
The songwriters were introduced to me as ordinary human beings; they would play their songs, and sometimes I would start to sing a song with them.
british-actress experience los
I've never done a film in Los Angeles, so I don't know what that would be like - that experience of working in a big studio. I can't imagine... yet. Rosamund Pike
british-actress experience
I wanted to go out and experience the fields. Rhona Mitra
british-historian carrying democracy evil force party tyranny
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections. Lord Acton
british challenge faced muslim profound
the most profound challenge yet faced by the British Muslim community. Shahid Malik
british-actor sack
Actually, the Department of Transport were at one stage going to sack me. David Prowse
british calculated computers days far few forecast future however learned limits powerful
Some things, like the orbits of the planets, can be calculated far into the future. But that's atypical. In most contexts, there is a limit. Even the most fine-grained computation can only forecast British weather a few days ahead. There are limits to what can ever be learned about the future, however powerful computers become. Martin Rees
british-musician ups
No, we have our ups and downs, but we're all very up at the moment. John Deacon
british editing exciting fans fantastic greatest hair honor london pleasure song thank video work
Thank you, fans, very much. She would say that in a British accent. ... She's a fantastic director, one of the greatest that I've ever had the pleasure to work with. She's in London editing another video for me for a song called 'Stealing Kisses.' It's amazing. It was an honor to work with her, and I know she would ... thank the fans and she would thank hair and makeup. There was a lot of hair. There was a lot of makeup. It was just very exciting to do it. Faith Hill
british fan four good means men series shows though time unwind watch
Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book. L'Wren Scott
british-novelist focus tend
Sometimes we tend to focus more on the personalities and the conflicts, and it really caricatures the issues. Mitchell Reiss
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Pressure from the British because they are playing a similar role in neighboring Sierra Leone, pressure from the French because they are also heading a peacekeeping operation in the Ivory Coast -- and also they are involved in the Congo. So there is a sense that the United States should provide leadership and share some of the international peacekeeping burdens, and Liberia is most appropriately a case for U.S. leadership.
british case quite rarely stop structured women
Quite a lot of British women stop working when they have children, and that is rarely the case in Denmark. We have a very flat, structured way of approaching everything. Nobody's the boss. In a sense, we're all equal.
british-musician five four last queen taken time
Queen has taken the all of our time for last four or five years, you know.
british cite composer dirty dna folk formative louis melancholy music national
Purcell is a composer who had a formative influence on British music - even The Who now cite him as an influence. There's an intense, dirty harmony, but there's a Louis XIV kind of elan and style, too. He had the melancholy DNA of our national folk heritage. Charles Hazlewood
british consumers encourage help heritage historic palaces plenty popularity reason remind royal support tourism visit
The Royal Family's popularity in the USA, as well as royal heritage and our historic palaces and attractions, will help us encourage support for British tourism and remind consumers that there is still plenty of reason to visit Britain.
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The Royal Court has been at the centre of British cultural life for the past 50 years ... I think the fact that it's managed to maintain its position over 50 years is an extraordinary achievement. Stephen Daldry
british coming enjoyed forward looked open past playing positive wind
I've never really enjoyed the wind in the past but I had looked forward to coming back and playing St Andrews after the positive British Open I had. Colin Montgomerie
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The ship required to be caulked in every part for she was become so leaky that we had been obliged to pump every hour in our passage from Cape Horn. William Bligh
british dad fact great love loved mum since stock supports village
I've been going to Bicester Village since I was young. My mum and dad really loved that place, and I always used to stock up on clothes. I love the fact that it supports great British designers. Rita Ora
british-musician community consider people prepare public service urge whether
I urge young people to consider public service, whether they do it now by volunteering in their community or prepare for public service as an adult. John Walters
british equivalent fourth french july
Think for a moment: what is the British equivalent of the U.S. Fourth of July, or even the French 14th of July for that matter? Gordon Brown
british-actor built fascinated lewis men morse result writers
The writers have built up the Morse and Lewis characters, and their relationship. You're fascinated how these two men get to the result they get to. John Thaw
british disastrous france laid news workers
This is disastrous news for British manufacturing. It is inconceivable that workers in France would be laid off on this scale. O. J. Simpson
british exchanges hope museum
This is the first co-operation between our museum and the British Museum, and I hope we will have more exchanges in the future.
british-musician
You should approach a sequencer like you would a Dobro guitar. Colin Greenwood
british coverage foreign hero integral laugh might office people poorest regions seen woman work
You might not think it to read the coverage in the British media, but this woman is some kind of hero in the poorest regions of the world. People in the Foreign Office used to laugh at the international development department. Now its work is seen as integral to British international standing. Clare Short