British Quotes - Page 12

• I still read the British papers, but I’ve never been a Royalist, ever. It’s funny, there always seems to be much more of a fascination with the Royal Family over here then there does in England.

  Paul Bettany

  Fascination, Doe, Paper

  "Bowing Down To Paul Bettany". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. December 24, 2009.

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• I love 'Monty Python,' 'Black Adder,' 'Fawlty Towers'. I'm a huge fan of British comedy.

  Isla Fisher

  Python, Black, Fans

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

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• The British media is sinking down, as the American news media has lowered the bar for all of humanity. British news media is definitely trying to stoop down to that level. Everyone is stooping to the lowest common denominator.

  John Oliver

  Media, Humanity, Trying

  Interview with Jason Zabel, www.avclub.com. September 22, 2011.

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• I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to do by a British accent. That's why so many infomercials have British people.

  John Oliver

  Thinking, Voice, People

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• I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything.

  John Oliver

  Powerful, Emotion, Kind

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• The British press are a group of unremitting scumbags. And sometimes they use that scumbaggery to good ends, and often not.

  John Oliver

  Groups, Use, Scumbags

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• I'm British; pessimism is my wheelhouse.

  John Oliver

  Pessimism

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• I think British men build up the idea of us French girls having some magic extra sex appeal so much, they lose their heads. I can't really understand the whole thing - but it makes me laugh. It's such a cliche to think all French girls are well dressed, elegant, sophisticated and sexy. Some are utter slobs, I promise you that.

  Eva Green

  Girl, Sexy, Men

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• My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor and because I had a hard relationship with my dad, he became a father figure to me.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Dad, Father, Champion

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. August 15, 2012.

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• I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America.

  Robert Duvall

  Country, America, Influence

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• I've always dreamed of being a 'Burberry Girl', but know it'll never happen, because I'm not British. Still, you can't stop a girl from dreaming. And owning way too many Burberry coats!

  Nina Dobrev

  Girl, Dream, Coats

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• My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him My mother is British, but she's of French extraction.

  Joan Collins

  Mother, Father, Looks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.

  David Walliams

  Believe, Successful, Comedian

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

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• American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy and full of commitment. And as a British actor, we have to kind of learn that.

  Helen Mirren

  Commitment, Voice, Energy

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• I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they were going to remake it, I was like, 'This is not going to work. I'm going to completely veto this show. I am not going to watch this show.' But now, I love it.

  Sam Huntington

  Office, Watches, Veto

  "Sam Witwer, Sam Huntington & Meaghan Rath Talk BEING HUMAN Season Two". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 29, 2012.

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• Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.

  David Oyelowo

  Directors, Way, Chance

  "Exclusive: David Oyelowo Discusses His Roles in “96 Minutes,” “The Butler,” and More" by Jasmin Tiggett, www.indiewire.com. April 19, 2012.

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• I went back in British history. Some 204 people died there after a mine collapsed in 1838. In 1866, 361 miners died in Britain. In an explosion in 1894, 290 people died there.

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  People, Usual, Offensive

  "Turkey’s Many Occupational Hazards" by Ozan Varol, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 16, 2014.

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• In the context of the great debates about identity politics - are you gay or straight, nationalist or republican, British or English and so on - I would ask, "Do you ride a bike?" I love everything about the machine - the sensation of the tyres on the road, the mobility - and I love the fact that you have this intimate relationship with the elements, and the landscape.

  Beatrix Campbell

  Gay, Cycling, Identity Politics

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• Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray, to not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field; that, of course, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the little, shriveled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome insects of the hour.

  Edmund Burke

  Numbers, Imagination, Shadow

  Edmund Burke (1963). “Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches”, p.557, Transaction Publishers

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• I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British instead of the other way around, I might have gotten here on my own.

  Winston Churchill

  Mother, Father, Government

  Sir Winston Churchill (1966). “Irrepressible Churchill: a treasury of Winston Churchill's wit”

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• More than 80 per cent of the British casualties of the Great War were English. More than 80 per cent of the taxation is paid by the English taxpayers. We are entitled to mention these facts, and to draw authority and courage from them.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Facts, Taxation

  Sir Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches”, p.84, A&C Black

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• Many people worked with the inspiration to free the country by throwing the British out. After formal departure of the British this inspiration slackened. In fact there was no need to have this much inspiration. We should remember that in our pledge we have talked of the freedom of the country through defending religion and culture. There is no mention of departure of the British in that.

  M. S. Golwalkar

  Country, Inspiration, People

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• In practice, you realise that most attempts to feed your baby in a public space will be met with subtle but palpable resistance. Older chaps roll their eyes, slick young businesswomen purse their mouths, teenagers look disgusted, waitresses anxious. But it strikes me as ironic that many members of the public fret about British Muslims donning the hijab, yet happily condone the veiling of nursing mothers.

  Rowan Pelling

  Mother, Baby, Teenager

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• As a long-time British Airways advisor, I have seen first-hand that as a company they are committed to innovation, entrepreneurship and the Bay Area community. UnGrounded is strong proof of that commitment.

  Rhonda Abrams

  Strong, Commitment, Hands

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• It’s about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it.

  Emma Thompson

  Writing, Years, May

  "Emma Thompson on Her 'Militant Feminist' Stand-Up Comedy Years" by Inkoo Kang, www.indiewire.com. May 22, 2014.

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