Is it true or false that Belfast is north of London? That the galaxy is the shape of a fried egg? That… — J. L. Austin Copy Share Image
My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
The appearance presented by the streets of London an hour before sunrise, on a summer's morning, is most striking even to the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
When I went to Scotland to do another movie, I would sing with a coach up there and then when I went… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
Drag for me is costume, and what I'm trying to do is, sometimes I'll go around and wear makeup in the streets,… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
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The first time I landed in New York and got a cab to my hotel, I was completely struck by it: a… — America Ferrera Copy Share Image
I can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London,… — George Best Copy Share Image
Well, I'm kind of an urban girl, I like big cities. I like New York, I like London, I like L.A. I… — AnnaSophia Robb Copy Share Image
Spending time in Soweto, and looking at the issues, and experiencing the poverty first-hand, had an enormous impact. I was brought up… — Gregg Wallace Copy Share Image
I was born in London. I moved to New Zealand when I was really young; I can't remember London. My parents went… — Thomston Copy Share Image
I like filming in New York a lot myself, but London is accommodating to me; the weather's very good there and the… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Certain streets have an atmosphere of their own, a sort of universal fame and the particular affection of their citizens. One of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I was living in Paris, which is a very beautiful, very wonderful place, but a tight place as a city, a tight… — Nicolas Berggruen Copy Share Image
How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo. Now… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I might have made more money if I had outsourced to India, and I knew I'd find it easier to hire senior… — John Caudwell Copy Share Image
The age of 20 was all about stupid things. I did crazy things but never lost it. I was, you know, a… — Ayelet Zurer Copy Share Image
Jack London is a very generous description of my small hiking, bicycling, and canoeing habit. I myself feel like a weak urbanite… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
It's a very cheery thing to come into London by any of these lines which run high and allow you to look… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Trying to imagine E. M. Forster, who found Ulysses indecorous, at a London performance of Lenny Bruce—to which in fact he was… — David Markson Copy Share Image
My parents have a very unconventional arrangement but they are still together and married, my dad lives in London and my mum… — A. J. Odudu Copy Share Image
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His head was boiled, impaled upon a pole and raised above London Bridge. So ended the life of Thomas More, one of… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
If I were to choose one single thing that that would restore Paris to the senses, it would be that strangely sweet,… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
“He parked in a nearby street and walked out on to the bridge. Below him the lights of London spread away in… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Truly, I am a woman of the last minute. When I was pregnant, I organised three different hospitals because I couldn't decide… — Monica Bellucci Copy Share Image
One's emotions are intensified in Paris—one can be more happy and also more unhappy here than in any other place. But it… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
“He'll have that scar forever." "Couldn't you do something about it, Dumbledore?" "Even if I could, I wouldn't. Scars can come in… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
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There are little pockets of old time in London, where things and places stay the same, like bubbles in amber,” she explained.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Nothing could be slow enough, nothing lasts too long. No pleasure could equal, she thought, straightening the chairs, pushing in one book… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
This is what London's all about for me: good local restaurants. It's what makes a civilised city. For me, as a country… — Rick Stein Copy Share Image
The winter of 1991 found me stunned and shivering in the aftermath of an imploded love affair. Being 26, I flung myself… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do. It's just lazy journalism,… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
In a way, Che Guevara's fate was far worse than Simon Bolivar's. Guevara's collapse was complete: his intentions were forgotten, but his… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The food that's never let me down in life is porridge, especially with milk and maple syrup, which is delicious. Paris isn't… — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
I grew up in Los Angeles, and I've made movies all over the world... I've been in New York, Norway, Chicago, Pittsburgh,… — John Landis Copy Share Image
As an arts journalist in London, working mainly for the BBC, I interviewed hundreds if not thousands of authors. From them I… — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
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