Wales Quotes - Page 2

• There's more chance of me flying Concorde to the moon blindfolded than there is of you taking Wales to the World Cup.

  Robbie Savage

  Soccer, Football, Moon

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• In Wales it's brilliant. I go to the pub and see everybody who I went to school with. And everybody goes 'So what you doing now?' And I go, 'Oh, I'm doing a film with Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins.' And they go, 'Ooh, good.' And that's it.

  Catherine Zeta-Jones

  School, Brilliant, Film

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

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• If you are sitting on the title of any block of land in New South Wales you can bet an Aboriginal person at some stage was dispossessed of it.

  Paul Keating

  Block, Land, Titles

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• You can drive 1,000 miles across America and find yourself, whereas if you drive a few miles from Slough you're in London anyway, or you hit Wales and you're in another country! Also, wherever you are in England it's still raining.

  Ricky Gervais

  Country, Rain, America

  "Cemetery Junction - Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Although I haven't experienced violence in a relationship, I know that two women every week in England and Wales are killed by their partner or ex-partner, and that unless we act now, many more women will die because of domestic violence. We must speak out now against all forms of domestic violence, not only physical abuse but also the emotional, sexual and financial abuse which means that many women are afraid to be at home with their partner.

  Jemma Kidd

  Mean, Home, Emotional

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• I grew up in the South Wales valleys, but I think my parents realised from quite an early age that if they hadn't sent me to boarding school I would have probably gone to prison. And it cost them absolutely everything.

  Thighpaulsandra

  School, Thinking, Parent

  Source: thequietus.com

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• The Rebecca Riots by David Williams is an unassuming book, but its significance is universal. The book and its author determined my life; they made me want to be a historian of Wales and of the world.

  Kenneth O. Morgan

  Book, World, Want

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• Years and years ago, when I was a boy, when there were wolves in Wales, and birds the color of red-flannel petticoats whisked past the harp-shaped hills, when we sang and wallowed all night and day in caves that smelt like Sunday afternoons in damp front farmhouse parlors, and we chased, with the jawbones of deacons, the English and the bears, before the motor car, before the wheel, before the duchess-faced horse, when we rode the daft and happy hills bareback, it snowed and it snowed.

  Dylan Thomas

  Horse, Sunday, Past

  Dylan Thomas, Ellen Raskin (2003). “A Child's Christmas in Wales”, p.10, New Directions Publishing

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• To me, growing up in South Wales, a pair of Diesel jeans were the thing to have - if you could afford them.

  Luke Evans

  Growing Up, Jeans, Pairs

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

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• I suffer from vertigo. It's paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I've been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales.

  Hari Kunzru

  Climbing, Suffering, Trying

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• The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the climate of New South Wales is periodically subject.

  Charles Sturt

  Believe, Years, Climate

  Charles Sturt (1834). “Two expeditions into the interior of Southern Australia: during the years 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831 with observations on ... New South Wales”, p.1

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• The staple of our Australian colonies, but more particularly of New South Wales, the climate and the soil of which are peculiarly suited to its production, - is fine wool.

  Charles Sturt

  Climate, Wool, Soil

  Charles Sturt (1834). “Two expeditions into the interior of Southern Australia: during the years 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831 with observations on ... New South Wales”, p.20

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• My literary career kicked off in 1956 when, as a resident of Swansea, South Wales, I published my first novel, 'Lucky Jim.

  Martin Amis

  Careers, Lucky, Firsts

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• I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the flattering compliments of the Prince of Wales.

  P. T. Barnum

  Children, Laughing, Exhibitions

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• I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you can only find it by reducing the great military establishments, and diminishing the money paid to fighting men in time of peace.

  Richard Cobden

  Military, Fall, Home

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• The Wild Hunt is known in all Celtic countries; it is a huntsman with a pack of hounds who is seen or heard to rush through the country. Those who see him are doomed to die. The writer heard the Wild Hunt quite distinctly one night in Wales several years ago, but has not suffered any ill effects from it as yet.

  Robertson Davies

  Country, Night, Years

  "High Spirits: A Collection of Ghost Stories". Book by Robertson Davies, 1982.

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• I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.

  Abbie Cornish

  Dad, Kids, Mum

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• Wale means to arrive home. So the crown has arrived home. Akin is warrior or brave man. Nuoye is a brave man of chieftaincy and Agbaje means wealth and prosperity.

  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

  Home, Mean, Warrior

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", January 20, 2006.

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• Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion.

  John Cale

  Growing Up, Growing, Draconian

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• To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.

  Ioan Gruffudd

  Thinking, Singing, Heritage

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• Wales was in ancient times divided into three parts nearly equal, consideration having been paid, in this division, more to the value than to the just quantity or proportion of territory.

  Gerald of Wales

  Three, Division, Territory

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• I believe that the Union Flag should change now to reflect the four nations of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales

  Ian Lucas

  Believe, Scotland, Flags

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• Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle.

  Edgar Quinet

  Time, Peace, Flower

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• During a period of time when Italy is talking about splitting northern and southern Italy, France is talking about splitting with Corsica and Normandy, England is talking about splitting with Wales and Scotland and England. And it goes on and on and on.

  Juan Enriquez

  Talking, Southern Italy, Scotland

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I think the new school is dope. Artists like Kid Cudi, The Cool Kids, Drake and Wale can come out of middle class homes and be on tracks with people like Jay-Z, who's from the hood and the street.

  SonReal

  Home, School, Kids

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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