England Quotes - Page 22

• I am already bound unto an husband, which is the kingdom of England.

  Elizabeth I

  Husband, Kingdoms, Bounds

  Elizabeth I (2002). “Elizabeth I: Collected Works”, p.59, University of Chicago Press

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• Indian Art broadened my seeing, loosened the formal tightness I had learned in England's schools. Its bigness and stark reality baffled my white man's understanding... I had been schooled to see outsides only, not struggle to pierce.

  Emily Carr

  Art, Struggle, School

  Emily Carr, Doris Shadbolt (1993). “The Emily Carr Omnibus”, University of Washington Press

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• The Conservatives played like England cricketers - too many rash strokes and run-outs, dropped catches and bowling anywhere but the stumps.

  Norman Tebbit

  Running, Bowling, Stumps

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• I don't follow football, I just love the name Aston Villa. Here in England you have other footballing entities like Manchester and Arsenal and Chelsea

  Tom Hanks

  Football, Names, Villa

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• I still believe I have a part to play for England.

  David Beckham

  Believe, Play, Stills

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• I haven't retired from international football - I still believe I have a part to play in the future of England.

  David Beckham

  Football, Believe, Play

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• This team [England] has some of the best players in England

  David Beckham

  Team, Player, Best Players

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• The judges of England have rarely been original thinkers or great jurists. Many have been craftsmen rather than creators.

  Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin

  Judging, Craftsman, Thinker

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• As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister.

  Boris Johnson

  People, Prime, Ministers

  "Johnson makes gaffes on all fronts" by Tania Branigan, www.theguardian.com. October 3, 2006.

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• Talking about an X-Men Kissing scene I had to lay down there and think of England as one by one they bring out the girls. It was a very tough morning... After each girl had finished, the crew would hold up scorecards.

  Hugh Jackman

  Girl, Morning, Kissing

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• Everyone has a right to an opinion. I can arrive in England and express my opinion. If criticism were ferocious and without intellectual objectivity they should show me the way to their airport. It is important to have an opinion and not be afraid to express it, knowing there will be criticism.

  Jose Mourinho

  Airports, Objectivity, Knowing

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• He is someone I respect [Beckham] as a man and as a player. He is the captain of England and has been a European champion. I have never been critical of him and reports implying that are incorrect as I've never made comments about him

  Jose Mourinho

  Player, Men, Champion

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• Although we lost it has been a great Test and one of the best I have ever played in. Hopefully the next one will be exactly the same.

  Ricky Ponting

  Tests, Next, Lost

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• It would be absolute folly to rule myself out of any job.

  Stuart Pearce

  Jobs, Would Be, Folly

  "Pearce: I want Sven job". www.mirror.co.uk. February 12, 2006.

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• Suddenly, I win the derby and people are talking about England again. It is absolutely pathetic

  Stuart Pearce

  Winning, Talking, People

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• Being an ex-England manager, one that failed to qualify for the World Cup, is like being a dead politician.

  Graham Taylor

  World, Cups, Politician

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• In England you have a good phrase. It is 'to bring the game into disrepute.

  Arsene Wenger

  Games, Phrases

  "FA at wits' end as feud races out of control" by Daniel Taylor, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2005.

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• Unfortunately apparently I am to blame because I don't produce enough English players.

  Arsene Wenger

  Player, Blame, Enough

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• While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not been the case in England and the United States.

  Robert Tisserand

  Doctors, Aromatherapy, United States

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• The British are so incestuous. They pass around partners like they're passing popcorn at a movie.

  Cameron Diaz

  Popcorn, Passing, Partners

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• I think I might have a glass of champagne, if there is any in Nagpur, and just enjoy the moment.

  Alastair Cook

  Thinking, Glasses, Might

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• Scotland is a great country and many wonderful things have come out of this country, however England gets the glory.

  Joseph Hume

  Country, Scotland, Wonderful

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• I view every game I play for England as it could be my last, so I go out there and enjoy it. It's the only way I can approach it.

  Graham Thorpe

  Views, Games, Play

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• An innings of neurotic violence, of eccentric watchfulness, of brainless impetuosity and incontinent savagery - it was an extraordinary innings, a masterpiece and it secured the Ashes for England [on Pietersen's Ashes winning innings, 2005

  Simon Barnes

  Winning, Ashes, Eccentric

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• England's bowlers have improved, I'll give them that.

  Jeff Thomson

  Giving, Bowlers

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