In my Pantheon, Pan still reigns in his pristine glory, with his ruddy face, his flowing beard, and his shaggy body, his… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Recently, while I was in England, I saw a documentary on the BBC about the border between India and Pakistan at Wagah.… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
Every predecessor has used mercenaries, often drawn from the country that they're attacking like England ran India with Indian mercenaries. You take… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Escape through travel works. Almost from the moment I boarded my flight, life in England became meaningless. Seat-belt signs lit up, problems… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
The first 10 years of my life, I lived as 'Matangi.' When I came to England in '86, my first week of… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
In time, Mr Hall, one gets to recognize that sneer, that hardness, for fornication extends far beyond the actual deed. Were it… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
You can feel the same thing in football or soccer - that for the best teams in Spain and England, for instance,… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
I would like to say something, not just to Vietnam veterans in New England, but to men who were in Vietnam, who… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
“Lisbon, to me, is the Lisbon of Pessoa. Just like London is Woolf’s, or rather, Mrs. Dalloway’s. Barcelona is Gaudí's and Rome… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“In Britain, the biggest mistake you can make is judging the weather by looking at the sky out your window. The unpredictable… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
“Australia's distance from Europe was probably only tolerable because it had strategic commodities which England, threatened by changing European alliances, might some… — Geoffrey Blainey Copy Share Image
We all have views on what our Irishness means to us. Two members of the band were born in England and were… — Larry Mullen, Jr Copy Share Image
This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
When it was first proposed to establish laboratories at Cambridge, Todhunter, the mathematician, objected that it was unnecessary for students to see… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
From the U.S. to England, I thought they'd be quite similar. But they're very, very different. It's a lot more physical in… — Sam Kerr Copy Share Image
Misgovernment is of four kinds, often in combination. They are: 1) tyranny or oppression, of which history provides so many well-known examples… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
“It is remarkable that a fist-gnawingly dire England performance still has the power to shock, when in some ways this one had… — Marina Hyde Copy Share Image
About one thing the Englishman has a particularly strict code. If a bird says Cluk bik bik bik bik and caw you… — Clement Freud Copy Share Image
English players are as easy to coach. The problem is that the Premier League has the best players in the world, and… — Arsene Wenger Copy Share Image
If any person had told the Parliament which met in terror and perplexity after the crash of 1720 that in 1830 the… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Forests are breaking out all over America. New England has more forests since the Civil War. In 1880, New York State was… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
As early as 1776, [John Adams] expressed his doubts about America's capacity for virtue. "I have seen all along my Life, Such… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
You will never have great tennis champions from England because of the cold and dark, but most of all because people only… — Monica Seles Copy Share Image
There is an infinity of landscape here, caused by the purity of the atmosphere. It has been said that there is a… — Hans Heysen Copy Share Image
Take any country that has laws against hate crimes, inspiring hatred and genocide and so on. The first thing they would do… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“When I was a schoolboy in England, the old bound volumes of Kipling in the library had gilt swastikas embossed on their… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There were no examples of girls like myself becoming successful actresses. To be an actress in England was a serious, upper-middle class… — Tracey Ullman Copy Share Image
Growing up in England, you're sort of spoiled, in a way. You sort of take it for granted that within a half-hour's… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
You never know," Jack said speculatively. "There may come a time when savages like William Hamleigh aren't in power; when the laws… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
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