Britain Quotes - Page 19

• But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that's why we came to America.

  Bono

  America, People, Resistance

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• I rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me, he's up there with Bryan Ferry.

  David Bowie

  Rate, Ferry, Bryan

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to do more.

  Bill Bryson

  Book, Successful, Firsts

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• Britain still has the most reliably beautiful countryside of anywhere in the world. I would hate to be part of the generation that allowed that to be lost.

  Bill Bryson

  Beautiful, Hate, Generations

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• Monarchists frequently declare that without the royal family, Britain would be 'nothing.' What a woeful lack of love for one's country such statements express.

  Julie Burchill

  Country, Would Be, Lack Of Love

  "Once we had anarchy in the UK. Now all we have is monarchy in the UK" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2012.

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• Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and science and the research ringfence which is the basic minimum to protect Britain's scientific competitiveness.

  Vince Cable

  Government, Engineering, Support

  "Vince Cable takes on chancellor over plans for cuts in science" by Daniel Boffey, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2012.

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• We have sectors of the economy, aerospace is a good example, where Britain's probably the second country in the world, the automobile sector, where we've done extraordinarily well, an enormous amount of investment over the last couple of years, life sciences is another.

  Vince Cable

  Country, Couple, Years

  "Vince Cable: pure laissez-faire economics does not work" by Patrick Wintour and Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2012.

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• I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution Scotland and Scots make to Britain's success - so for me there's no question about whether Scotland could be an independent nation.

  David Cameron

  Independent, Hands, Scotland

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• I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your children to pay off. You put pressure on interest rates. You put at risk your economy. That's the case in Britain. We're not a reserve currency, so we need to get on and deal with this issue.

  David Cameron

  Children, Believe, Mean

  "British Prime Minister David Cameron Speaks to ABC's Diane Sawyer". abcnews.go.com. July 20, 2010.

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• Britain is characterized not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness.

  David Cameron

  Independence, Openness

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• I am not a British isolationist. I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too.

  David Cameron

  Europe, Want, British

  "David Cameron speech: UK and the EU". www.bbc.com. January 23, 2013.

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• I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part.

  David Cameron

  Europe, Play, Vision

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• Britain is not in the single currency, and we're not going to be. But we all need the eurozone to have the right governance and structures to secure a successful currency for the long term.

  David Cameron

  Successful, Long, Needs

  "The speech that was the start of the end of David Cameron". Bloomberg speech, www.independent.co.uk. January 2013.

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• I believe something very deeply. That Britain's national interest is best served in a flexible, adaptable and open European Union and that such a European Union is best with Britain in it.

  David Cameron

  Believe, Unions, Interest

  David Cameron's Speech about his plans for a referendum on British membership of the European Union, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2013.

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• It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain - and others - more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable.

  David Cameron

  Steps, Doe, Would Be

  David Cameron's Speech about his plans for a referendum on British membership of the European Union, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2013.

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• There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses again.

  David Cameron

  Business, Way, Favour

  "Conservative party conference - live" by Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2010.

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• Professor Hawking is heralded as 'the genius of Britain,' yet he believes in the scientific impossibility that nothing created everything and that life sprang from non-life. Why should anyone believe Mr. Hawking's writings if he cannot provide evidence for his unscientific belief that out of nothing, everything came?

  Kirk Cameron

  Believe, Writing, Genius

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• People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain.

  Robert Carlyle

  Scotland, People, Appreciate

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has.

  Noam Chomsky

  Iraq, Expectations, Increase

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• I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.

  Noam Chomsky

  Independent, Iraq, Sovereign

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• In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both.

  John Cleese

  Girl, America, Attractive

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Britain's got talent, enormous talent, that's very obvious.

  Simon Cowell

  Talent, Enormous, Obvious

  "Simon Cowell's Sun sermon decoded" by John Plunkett, www.theguardian.com. May 5, 2010.

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• I have seen that the American Dream is a reality - and I would love to feel the British Dream is also a reality. To enable that, we have to bring back some common sense and encourage family values, a proper sense of justice and make people believe they have a decent chance to build a business or career for themselves. I see this moment as a fantastic opportunity to restore this, because I believe Britain Has Talent.

  Simon Cowell

  Dream, Believe, Opportunity

  "Cowell speaks out on British election". www.express.co.uk. May 5, 2010.

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• What I would argue in my defence is that shows like Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor have actually got people more interested in music again and are sending more people into record stores.

  Simon Cowell

  People, Records, Arguing

  "Simon Cowell v the NME: 'I don't take music too seriously'" by Jason Deans, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2009.

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• Crossrail is a prime example of infrastructure. It is a rather deadly word, but I think it is exciting stuff, the civil engineering which makes Britain tick - the bridges, tunnels, power and water networks, which bind us together.

  Evan Davis

  Thinking, Tunnels, Engineering

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