Quotes with britain

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  • Alain de Botton In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You can't put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well.
    Alain de Botton
    Swiss-born British author (1969 - )
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  • Nigel Farage In Britain, what we've done is say to 485 million people, 'You can all come, every one of you. You're unemployed? You've got a criminal record? Please come. You've got 19 children? Please come.' We've lost any sense of perspective on this.
    Nigel Farage
    British politician, activist, political commentator and broadcaster (1964 - )
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  • Bernard Cornwell Judy couldn't move to Britain for family reasons, so I had to come to the States, and the U.S. government wouldn't give me a Green Card, so I airily told her I'd write a book.
    Bernard Cornwell
    British author of historical novels (1944 - )
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  • A. N. Wilson Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • Ann Macbeth Most independent filmmakers in Britain and North America work for commercial crews and then have their own projects when they've got enough money saved up to do so.
    Ann Macbeth
    British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author (1875 - 1948)
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  • Alistair Cooke People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like to lean back.
    Alistair Cooke
    British journalist (1908 - 2004)
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  • Theresa May The aim is to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration.
    Theresa May
    British politician (1956 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Andrew Lloyd Webber The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing we need is a Somali pirate-style raid on the few wealth creators who still dare to navigate Britain's gale-force waters.
    Andrew Lloyd Webber
    English composer and impresario (1948 - )
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  • Roy Hattersley The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society.
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  • Ben Wheatley The reality of any location in Britain being used in a TV program of a film is that something bad is going to happen! That's the nature of drama. Most of the things that get made or basically grisly detective shows about murders, accidents or medical dramas.
    Ben Wheatley
    English filmmaker and screenwriter (1972 - )
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  • Arthur Scargill The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain.
    Arthur Scargill
    British trade unionist (1938 - )
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  • Bhagat Singh There is tension all over the country. The party in Bengal has done substantial work. They have eliminated a few officers. The Englishmen are terrified. As a result, they have started sending their families to Britain. After some time, they will realise that they cannot exercise authority over India.
    Bhagat Singh
    Indian socialist revolutionary (1907 - 1931)
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  • Bayard Taylor They sang of love and not of fame; Forgot was Britain's glory; Each heart recalled a different name, But all sang Annie Laurie.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Bayard Taylor They sang of love, and not of fame;
    Forgot was Britain's glory;
    Each heart recalled a different name,
    But all sang Annie Lawrie.
    The Song of the Camp
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Ann Macbeth We discovered that there was a great deal of keen interest in America for the kinds of products that we thought could be produced here. Also there was an interest in Britain for Australian material generally.
    Ann Macbeth
    British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author (1875 - 1948)
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  • Margaret Thatcher What Britain needs is an iron lady.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • David Lloyd George What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.
    David Lloyd George
    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922 (1863 - 1945)
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  • Angela Carter Women's sexy underwear is a minor but significant growth industry of late-twentieth-century Britain in the twilight of capitalism.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Cate Blanchett You're always more critical of your own country. People will talk about stuff in Britain, and I'll go: 'Aw, it's not that bad,' but at home, it's different. It's inside you.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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