London Quotes - Page 18

• If I were a place, the area of South Bank, in London. Between the Hayward Gallery, National Theatre and all other activities, I'm never bored. I would also say New York for the breathtaking skyline formed by the buildings and the fast pace of the city, whatever the time of day.

  Robert Pattinson

  New York, Cities, Bored

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• The other night I went out to have dinner in a London pub and the barmaid had this whole conversation saying, 'You look just like that guy from Twilight'. Every time she came up, she said something like, 'You literally could be his brother'. But she never put two and two together.

  Robert Pattinson

  Brother, Twilight, Night

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• My stepfather introduced me to The London Library when I was about 18; the clientele has definitely changed since then, but it is still a wonderful oasis in the middle of London.

  Natascha McElhone

  Oasis, Library, Wonderful

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• I am definitely a west London girl.

  Amelia Warner

  Girl, West

  "Starlet Fever" by Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2005.

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• The views from Waterloo Bridge are amazing - you can see so much of London.

  Amelia Warner

  Views, Bridges, Waterloo

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• Of all the London theatres, the Donmar is the dream.

  Charlie Cox

  Dream, Theatre

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm a London lad, but I'm fascinated by America. I want to take a motorcycling trip across the country and see those wide open spaces.

  Charlie Cox

  Country, America, Space

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Home will always be London. Theres something unique about the British. Its about cheekiness.

  Jaime Murray

  Home, Unique, British

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• London's like a black-browed brute that gets an unholy influence over you.

  Robert Smythe Hichens

  Over You, Black, Influence

  Robert Smythe Hichens (1934). “The Woman with the Fan”, p.36, Library of Alexandria

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• I see no reason why I should not live on indefinitely just as I have done, and on the whole I am more comfortable here than in Purgatory, a place that I imagine to be like the suburbs of London.

  Mary Borden

  Life, Done, Reason Why

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• Since I've been in an actor, I've lived in Italy, in London, in Stockholm - I had the fortune of working in different locations. If you live someplace long enough, you acquire slightly different systems of thought, and it influences your outlook on life. I just slowly adapted the way I speak.

  Matthew Settle

  Outlook On Life, Long, Way

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• We panic if there's two centimeters of snow in London.

  Sam Riley

  Two, Snow, Panic

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

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• I went to an all boys' school in South London and the only god was sport.

  Lennie James

  Sports, School, Boys

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

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• I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be had in going there and pulling two or three books off the shelves.

  Ed Stoppard

  Jobs, Book, Two

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• I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London.

  Arabella Weir

  Kids, School, Chairs

  "Auditions are hell, but I never thought that I would have to go through 'casting' to get on Newsnight - and fail" by Arabella Weir, www.theguardian.com. May 25, 2006.

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• I boast of being the only man in London who has been bombed off a lavatory seat while reading Jane Austen. She went into the bath; I went through the door.

  Kingsley Martin

  War, Reading, Men

  Kingsley Martin (1960). “Critic's London diary: from the New statesman, 1931-1956”

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• Commuting in a wheelchair is not easy. I live in a very old part of Rome. These cobbles everywhere... terrible! In London, it is the same. Every pavement is uneven.

  Bernardo Bertolucci

  Rome, Pavement, Easy

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• I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting Hill, Belgravia and Mayfair. All are characterised by high density and a generosity of green spaces. They are all pedestrian-friendly with shops, entertainment, restaurants and pubs within easy walking distance.

  Norman Foster

  Distance, Space, Generosity

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• Although I always said that I wanted to be a writer from childhood, I hadn't actually done much about it until I came to London.

  Tracy Chevalier

  Childhood, Done, Said

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• Astrologys a moving system that depends on where youre looking at it from on Earth. My horoscope here in London would be completely different to down in New Zealand.

  Eleanor Catton

  Moving, Different, Would Be

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• London is like no other city I know in its ability to become beautiful. You can suddenly turn a corner and there are odd moments - of light, of weather.

  Graham Swift

  Beautiful, Light, Cities

  "Voice from the street" by Sophie Harrison, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2007.

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• I love London, I love the British people.

  Yohan Blake

  People, British

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• I think Katy B encapsulates young London in a way I never could. She reps London harder than anyone song-wise since Lily Allen.

  Mark Ronson

  Wise, Song, Thinking

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• They never were planning to be here. All my family are going to London because they wanted to go to the big one. There was never any showdown - there wouldnt be.

  Charlotte Church

  Planning, My Family, Bigs

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• If you erased New York, I hate to say it, if you erased Frankfurt, even London, the world would not have changed.

  Nicolas Berggruen

  New York, Hate, World

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