Quotes 141 till 160 of 234.
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The ''Communism'' of the English intellectual is something explicable enough. It is the patriotism of the deracinated.
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The categories within which the colonists thought about the social foundations of politics were inheritances from classical antiquity, reshaped by seventeenth century English thought.
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. VI, THE CONTAGION OF LIBERTY, p. 273 -
The English and Americans dislike only some Irish - the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers - the ones that think.
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The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.
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The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad.
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The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
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The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.
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The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
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The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
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The English have a miraculous power to turn wine into water.
His Life and Wit -
The English have a special sense of humour. This I immediately experienced in the dressing room. As I walked with two plates while eating, suddenly a team-mate asked me, 'Basti, what time is it?' hoping I would automatically turn my hand to look at my watch. That's quite entertaining.
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The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.
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The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
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The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent, and is modest about it.
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The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.
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The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
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The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
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The English never draw a line without blurring it.
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The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral.
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The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad.
Motherland (2012)
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