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Virtue, my pet, is an abstract idea, varying in its manifestations with the surroundings. Virtue in Provence, in Constantinople, in London, and… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“As a typical Londoner, Gurcan had a high tolerance for random thoughtlessness; after all, if you live in the big city there's… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
I went abroad to Malaya and came back and tended naturally to gravitate towards the south, I suppose, near London where things… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Whatever your race, colour or creed in London, you still want your children to get on the housing ladder. You still want… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
My kids are the offspring of people who are doing reasonably well and live in the centre of London and the chances… — Claudia Winkleman Copy Share Image
My mother, Zelma, was an influence on my career. When I was six or seven I started singing, imitating people like Eartha… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
If you have a passion and love for something, it's hard to give it up. I had jobs where the people were… — Vicky McClure Copy Share Image
The pamphlets going back to London telling of the violent derring-dos of the Bahamian pirates were the ones that brought infamy to… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. I don't know what's going on in London. Because London is no longer an… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I find the aristocratic parts of London so unattractive and angular; the architecture is so white and gated. But in New York,… — Imogen Poots Copy Share Image
Life in the [London] suburb is richer at the lower levels. At these levels the people are not self-conscious at all, they… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
Paris's neighborhoods, the arrondissements, are organized like a twist. They spiral from the river like toilet water flushing in reverse and erupting… — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
The Prius does about 55mpg and it always amuses me. I love it when you pull up at someone's house and all… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
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“As we drifted away from the Tower Bridge, I saw a single silhouette standing against the bright lamplight. Even now when I… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
I don't think there is a sound UK bank now, at least, if there is one I don't know about it. The… — Jim Rogers Copy Share Image
I've enjoyed it, I have seen it once at the premiere in London and it was very nice to be invited there.… — Jeremy Bulloch Copy Share Image
London doesn't love the latent or the lurking, has neither time, nor taste, nor sense for anything less discernible than the red… — Henry James Copy Share Image
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During terms, Professor Marsden lives in Cambridge with his wife, chess player extraordinaire and distinguished physician and surgeon Bryony Asquith Marsden. His… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
I started noticing how stained the pavements are in London. The pavements in Beverly Hills aren't used; in London, they're used for… — Julie Christie Copy Share Image
American companies based in Scotland employ large numbers of people - in fact, we are the best performing part of the U.K.,… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
I moved to the States from London when I was 12 years old. My father was in a band and wanted to… — Domino Kirke Copy Share Image
'Sir' Richard Branson may be the Julian Assange of British business, in that both believe the world revolves around them. Hence Branson's… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
I studied music all the way through college, but as soon as I graduated from university, I got straight into London and… — Steven Price Copy Share Image
I was 17, and it was my first summer in London as a professional singer. One hot, humid evening, I heard that… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
I was sitting in a caf in London with my husband and baby daughter when my phone rang with the news! I… — Mireille Enos Copy Share Image
My dad moved to London in his early 20s and didn't really go back. So the irony is I've spent lots and… — Imogen Poots Copy Share Image
Each year we go to the Cannes film festival and I tend to have all my friends pile in the back of… — Jeremy Irvine Copy Share Image
My favorite record shop was called Recommended Records, in South London near where I lived - they did all the original Faust… — Tim Gane Copy Share Image
I found my place when I moved to London, where I chose to live, making my own tribe who were all from… — Neneh Cherry Copy Share Image
My memories of London Fashion Week are of starting out and not getting many tickets for fashion shows, but wanting to see… — Edward Enninful Copy Share Image
'MaerskKendal' is a rarity with its British flag, the 'LONDON' home port painted on its bow, its two British chief officers, and… — Rose George Copy Share Image
I live in London, where you're assaulted, from the minute you wake up. Your head becomes like a hive of bees, with… — Douglas Henshall Copy Share Image
At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly the toast of Hollywood and… — Jack Wild Copy Share Image
For me, it's all I've wanted to do. I did local plays and productions, local theater groups and anything that involved it.… — Colin Morgan Copy Share Image
In a town like London there are always plenty of not quite certifiable lunatics walking the streets, and they tend to gravitate… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The London police have discovered that the best way to neuter demonstrations is not to move everyone on, or disperse troublemakers, but… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
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