Canterbury Quotes - Page 2

• My grandmother was utterly convinced I'd wind up as the Archbishop of Canterbury. And, to be honest, I've never entirely ruled it out.

  Hugh Grant

  Ambition, Grandmother, Wind

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• My visit this autumn is an opportunity to continue that rich tradition of visits between Canterbury and Rome.

  Rowan Williams

  Autumn, Opportunity, Rome

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• One more thing: Linda, can you get to Canterbury and take over my Chaucerian Society? They're at Dovecote Hostelry in the old city. We're visiting all the scenes of the great murders. Tomorrow they want to see where Becket was killed. They're a bloodthirsty lot, it seems.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Cities, Want, Tomorrow

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• Unfortunately, unless the job description included a translation of the prologue of The Canterbury Tales, I was dreadfully under-qualified.

  Rachel Vincent

  Jobs, Description, Prologue

  Rachel Vincent (2016). “Stray”, p.65, MIRA

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• Is the Church of England an Anglican church? The church did not start in Canterbury, the church did not start in Rome. Whether Canterbury is Anglican or not is immaterial. We are Anglicans. They are the Church of England.

  Peter Akinola

  Rome, Church, England

  "The Leader of Nearly 18 Million Nigerian Anglicans Challenges the West's Theology and Control" by Douglas LeBlanc, www.churchoftheword.net. October 13, 2006.

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• England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene.

  Kevin Ayers

  Unique, Thinking, Class

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• Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge public impress, investment of goodwill, affection and indeed money in this Institution. It was a huge success at the time.

  Anthony Holden

  Wedding, Literature, Fairy Tale

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• An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small wage but just enough to get by on, and I made props, and I walked on, and I changed scenery, and I realized that I just loved it.

  Jeremy Irons

  Love, Age, Acting

  "Oscar, Tony, and Emmy Award-Winning Actor". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. October 27, 2000.

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• It is a really good question. The other day I was praying over something as I was running, and I ended up saying to God, ‘Look, this is all very well, but isn’t it about time you did something, if you’re there?’ Which is probably not what the archbishop of Canterbury should say.

  Justin Welby

  Running, Looks, Good Questions

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• I have no religious belief myself, but I don't think we should fight about it. In particular, I think that we should not rubbish moderate religious leaders like the Archbishop of Canterbury because I think we all agree that extreme fundamentalism is a threat, and we need all the allies we can muster against it.

  Martin Rees

  Religious, Fighting, Thinking

  Biography/ Personal Quotes, m.imdb.com.

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• One person I do feel a little sorry for, though, is the Archbishop of Canterbury, the most important clergyman in Britain and he's only got two lousy palaces to live in. What sort of life is that for a man of God? I bet if Jesus came back, even he'd be embarrassed for him; I bet he wouldn't be able to look him in the eye.

  Pat Condell

  Jesus, Sorry, Eye

  YouTube Channel "Pat Condell"/"Religion In The UK", www.youtube.com. April 17, 2007.

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• I do not know how the affair at Canterbury is generally considered; but I have heard individuals of all parties and all opinions speak of it and never without merriment or indignation. Fifty years hence, the black laws of Connecticut will be a greater source of amusement to the antiquarian, than her famous blue laws.

  Lydia M. Child

  Party, Blue, Years

  "An Appeal on Behalf of That Class of Americans Called Africans". Book by Lydia Maria Child, Chapter VIII, utc.iath.virginia.edu. 1833.

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• In a real world, the one outside the rarified atmosphere where Popes meet Archbishops of Canterbury, people no longer care whether somebody is an Anglican or a Roman Catholic. They already take it for granted that being a "believer" is more important than having a denominational name-tag any day of the week.

  Tom Harpur

  Real, Names, People

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• To suggest that God specifically created a worm to torture small African children is blasphemy as far as I can see. The Archbishop of Canterbury doesn't believe that.

  David Attenborough

  Children, Believe, Worms

  "David Attenborough: I’m not an animal lover". Interview with Simon Gage, metro.co.uk. January 29, 2013.

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