Even as evidence mounts that immigration is bolstering the British economy, the political consensus seems to be that bashing immigration boosts electoral… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
I wrote 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' at the age of 30 under intense, unshared personal stress and in… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
When the Canadian confederation took place in 1867, a lot of people in Quebec said, 'Could we have a referendum?' They said,… — Jacques Parizeau Copy Share Image
My kind of cooking is not a single style - French, Asian, Australasian or British - it's not modern, old-fashioned or classic;… — John Torode Copy Share Image
It is the unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism, but one should not suggest that the whole of British industry consists of… — William Randolph Hearst Copy Share Image
I really wouldn't want to live in America. I found New York claustrophobic and dirty. I missed England when I was there,… — Jonny Lee Miller Copy Share Image
I can't always be making 'British films.' Why should we be making films about corsets and horses and girls learning to drive… — Noel Clarke Copy Share Image
When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Taxation, the very thing that had triggered the British civil wars, would do so again, this time in America. The taxes may… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Side by side ... the British and French peoples have advanced to rescue ... mankind from the foulest and most soul-destroying tyranny… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Land Grant College Act is the jewel of Republican reform. It had not occurred to any other country to educate their farmers… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
The confidence and security of a people can be measured by their attitude toward laxatives. At the high noon of the British… — Florence King Copy Share Image
Housetops were covered with 'gazers'; all wharves that offered a view were jammed with people ... As British officers happily reminded one… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
The ruling British elite are like animals--not only in their morality, but in their outlook on knowledge. They are clever animals, who… — Lyndon LaRouche Copy Share Image
The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
We need a new British business bank with a clean balance sheet and an ability to expand lending rapidly to the manufacturers,… — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
Being able to represent Burberry as a brand ambassador is a real honor for me. I have admired the brand since I… — Jack Draper Copy Share Image
“Q. Why don’t they work harder? A. They just don’t like hard work. The Germans have a reputation for hard work, so… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
I wouldn't have thought for one minute I'd be doing British wildlife presenting when I started out in my career after stage… — Michaela Strachan Copy Share Image
British conversation is like a game of cricket or a boxing match; personal allusions are forbidden like hitting below the belt, and… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
I am a passionate believer in freedom of speech. I would not support anything which would impinge on aggressive robust freedom of… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The promise to use the money we currently send to Brussels and invest it instead on the priorities of the British people… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
What is it that unites, on the left of British politics, George Orwell, Billy Bragg, Gordon Brown and myself? An understanding that… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
To be able to hold all four majors - the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA - all concurrently I think is… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
Can I get a mochaccino?': a statement that, for many, is worse than any number of nails down a blackboard. Not on… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
Once you kind of get past doing the Yorkshire Championships, and the Northern Championships, and you go to the British Champs it's… — Kadeena Cox Copy Share Image
'Blind Date' was based on an Australian show called 'Perfect Match', which I first saw when I was on tour there. And… — Cilla Black Copy Share Image
There's definitely a pattern of great British shows that get reinvented in America and do really well here, but I think 'Torchwood'… — Bill Pullman Copy Share Image
My British publisher has this independent press. It's pretty small; they actually won last year. And she's got this great energy, and… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Sheep are not considered the most intelligent animals but British scientist say humans may have underestimated the woolly creatures. In fact, the… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I spent quite a lot of time pissing off my friends because I could get girls with a British accent, despite the… — Marcus Mumford Copy Share Image
The attack on the British embassy in Tehran came just days after the Iranian 'parliament' voted to expel the British ambassador, and… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
By adopting the 'free trade,' or British, system, we place ourselves side by side with the men who have ruined Ireland and… — Henry Charles Carey Copy Share Image
Red Bull are backing a spinal-injury research charity called Wings For Life, which I am an ambassador for, with a programme called… — Mark Webber Copy Share Image
The best, most solid place to stand as you look at our present situation is on a foundation of history. The Roman… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
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Through its imperialist system Britain brought about untold suffering of millions of people. And this is an historical fact. To be able… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
America has had an influence on me, as has going out with a Cuban-American guy and having lots of American friends. But… — Lily Cole Copy Share Image
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