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Statistics show that the nature of English crime is reverting to its oldest habits. In a country where so many desire status and wealth, petty annoyances can spark disproportionately violent behaviour. We become frustrated because...

—Christopher Fowler

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Oh God, not another fucking beautiful day.

—James Fox

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In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

—Simon Newcomb

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The attack on the British embassy in Tehran came just days after the Iranian ‘parliament’ voted to expel the British ambassador, and therefore reeks of official complicity.

—Elliott Abrams

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The British tried to repress it.

—Leo Mohan

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I am confident that the British people will not be intimidated by terrorism.

—Tom Allen

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The British have always been madly overambitious, and from one angle it can seem like bravery, but from another it looks suspiciously like a lack of foresight.

—Ben Aaronovitch

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I grinned. “I’m anybody’s for a cuppa and a biscuit.

—David Stuart Davies

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Excuse me, I must go and putt

—P.G. Wodehouse

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The ancillary aspect of every British city now is the council estate.

—V. S.

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Cavendish was a great Man with extraordinary singularities—His voice was squeaking his manner nervous He was afraid of strangers & seemed when embarrassed to articulate with difficulty—He wore the costume of our grandfathers. Was enormously...

—Cavendish

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The British, he thought, must be gluttons for satire: even the weather forecast seemed to be some kind of spoof, predicting every possible combination of weather for the next twenty-four hours without actually committing itself...

—David Lodge

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[Taken from a BBC documentary]Tariq was born in Lahore, now in Pakistan, then part of British-ruled India, in 1943. A Catholic school education did nothing to shake his life-long atheism, which he shared with his...

—Tariq Ali

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Then one woman looked directly at her husband. “Is our place gone?” “I’m afraid so, girl,” he said. “There isn’t much left up there. But we’re alive. We’re all lucky to be alive. We’d have...

—Ida Cook

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Grandma’s house had the atmosphere of a Tupperware box left out in the sun. Like a tropical flower, she had to be kept warm and moist at all times, or she would wilt and die.

—Matthew Crow

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The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.

—William Hague

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But, of course, you might be asking yourself, ‘Am I a feminist? I might not be. I don’t know! I still don’t know what it is! I’m too knackered and confused to work it out....

—Caitlin Moran

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We were divided by color. Not black and white, but colour/color. She was British, and I was honoured to engage her in a spelling debate.

—Jarod Kintz

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And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean?

—Jessie J

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I don’t know if that’s really necessary. Both AT&T and British Telecom can operate independently — they both have very good global operations.

—Philip Wohl

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Who am I?” She whispered. Alex opened his mouth as if to correct her, but then he said, “You are my love.

—Deirdre Riordan

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I like the fact that I have good old-fashioned British teeth with a big gap.

—Georgia Jagger

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Royal Young’s writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

—Simon Van

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I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating. I find it excruciating the other way around, too.

—Eileen Atkins

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Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.

—Naveen Andrews

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If there’s one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair it is this – I am not embarrassed to articulate the instincts of the British people.

—William Hague

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I spent 34 months on the battleship Alabama, South Dakota-class. I was a gun captain. First we went to Russia for about 11 months with the British convoys. Then we were up in Norway and...

—Bob Feller

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When I first did a U.S. pilot season, there were very few British actors schlepping around town trying to get into television. That was 1999.

—Jamie Bamber

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I’ve had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.

—Paddy Ashdown

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I don’t know if that’s really necessary, … Both AT&T and British Telecom can operate independently — they both have very good global operations.

—Philip Wohl

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Ukanda wa Gaza ni jimbo lenye miji minne na kambi mbalimbali za wakimbizi za Umoja wa Mataifa – lenye urefu wa kati ya kilometa 41 au maili 25 na lenye upana wa kati ya kilometa...

—Enock Maregesi

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Each of the 272 items is a masterpiece from the British Museum’s vast collections and together they demonstrate the long history of human civilization worldwide.

—Guo Xiaoling

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Tea! That’s all I needed! Good cup of tea! Super-heated infusion of free-radicals and tannin, just the thing for healing the synapses.

—Russell T.

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If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much.

—Helene Hanff

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It was William who would climb out of his carriage unafraid and help a farmer drive a herd of cattle or sheep across a road when necessary.

—Lisa M.

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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place – which was bigger than it is now – was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out...

—Yahya Jammeh

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The British are really good at that. They are so incestuous, … They pass around partners as if it was popcorn at a movie. ‘Do you want some?’ It’s just bizarre.

—Cameron Díaz

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I like color commentators. Especially red, white, and blue color commentators. As an American I sometimes feel so patriotic I feel British.

—Jarod Kintz

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Morris Weissman [on the phone, discussing casting for his movie]: “What about Claudette Colbert? She’s British, isn’t she? She sounds British. Is she, like, affected or is she British?

—Julian Fellowes

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Food in wartime Britain, she had to admit, was hardly inspiring.

—Sara Sheridan

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The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun.

—Dennis Farina

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He looks like a horse in a man costume!

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UKIP is natural party for Eastern Europeans

—Przemek Skwirczynski

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Should have taken warning it’s justPeople mourningRunning, hiding, lostYou can’t find, find a place to go, so it’sRed skies at nightRed skies at night, whoa oh, oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh… red skies at night, red...

—Cy Curnin

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I really knew nothing about the dancing habits of the Scottish. But I wanted to help. “I could teach them Indian folk dances,” I offered, scrounging my mind for school dances in gaudy garments.”Well, I’m...

—Nayana Currimbhoy

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Ah. And then you kill him.””No,” Arkwright replied patiently. “We are British. We avoid murder if we can help it.{…}

—Rick Yancey

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A lot of my male vocal influences are British – people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.

—Adam Lambert

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At the British Open, I had my opportunities, but the ball just didn’t want to go in the hole on the back nine.

—Fuzzy Zoeller

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It’s celebrated in British culture to be eccentric.

—Paloma Faith

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If you can’t tell from my rap lyrics already, yes I am a feminist. And when I’m saying “hoe” or “bitch” I am actually referring to men. …That sounded bad, in someway. But at the...

—scott mcgoldrick

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