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I had lived in that part of London that used to be called Islington since I was eight. I attended a private… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
As an actress and comedienne, I'm a huge fan of he theatre and the Tricycle in Kilburn is my favourite in London.… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
When you're doing a deal with someone in the southern Sahara, it's a very different way of doing business than in London.… — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
I will tell you the secret: God has had all that there was of me. There have been men with greater brains… — William Booth Copy Share Image
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The average Londoner knows just one neighbour. I travel a lot, and I'm always surprised by the strong sense of community in… — Lily Cole Copy Share Image
When the Great Fire of London destroyed most of the medieval city in 1666, Christopher Wren was invited to design a new… — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
I have the tools to climb the mountain so I don't mind climbing mountains. I have climbed mountains since I was growing… — Sol Campbell Copy Share Image
In Hamburg, there are three major orchestras, an opera house, and one of the great concert-hall acoustics in Europe at the Laeiszhalle,… — Jeffrey Tate Copy Share Image
Dubai was brilliant, they looked around the world. They saw Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, Chicago, Sydney, London all ran British common… — Michael Strong Copy Share Image
When I was fifteen, I remember my mum taking me to the posh clothes shop on London Road to get my first… — Cilla Black Copy Share Image
Paris is a sum total. Paris is the ceiling of the human race. All this prodigious city is an epitome of dead… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
When I first came in the business, I had a couple of close calls on planes going to London for shows. There… — R. Kelly Copy Share Image
As I came down the Highgate Hill, The Highgate Hill, the Highgate Hill, As I came down the Highgate Hill I met… — Henry Howarth Bashford Copy Share Image
My wife's biggest fear is air pollution, living in London as we do. She's convinced that's the big problem. And my own… — Jon Richardson Copy Share Image
“I was free with every road as my home. No limitations and no commitments. But then summer passed and winter came and… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson,… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
I was a fashion editor for years in London before I came to 'Vogue,' and I spent my life arranging the folds… — Hamish Bowles Copy Share Image
Being half-Jamaican, half-Chinese in a very white area, it created a real identity crisis for me as a kid. But I'd travel… — Griff Copy Share Image
I think England has served me very well. I like living in London for the reasons I gave. I have absolutely no… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
“I found cause to wonder upon what ground the English accuse Americans of corrupting the language by introducing slang words. I think… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
The British Fashion Awards gives us the chance to commend not only the winners but celebrate all of the individuals that contribute… — Natalie Massenet Copy Share Image
It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So much so… — John Amery Copy Share Image
I live in Wales but spend quite a lot of time in London - I stay with my brother. When I get… — Kimberley Nixon Copy Share Image
I've been put up in great hotels from a very young age, so I've been spoilt. What I can't stand is when… — Brigitte Nielsen Copy Share Image
Every immigrant family, it seems, has someone who does not belong in the new country they have come to. It feels like… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
Many things have changed in our culture here in England as a direct result of the Pistols: the whole street-fashion thing in… — Julien Temple Copy Share Image
In those sticky summer nights in South London our windows stay open and our tiny apartment becomes our secret garden. The magic… — Diriye Osman Copy Share Image
London is not a healthy place. I feel much healthier when I'm living in the countryside or, indeed, anywhere out of London.… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
I've missed London so much for its fashion. No disrespect to the girls in Manchester, but some really do look like clones… — Kaya Scodelario Copy Share Image
New York is more exciting, I guess, than even Paris or London. New York's the center of something; I don't know what,… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
I moved to London to go to dance school when I was about 17, but then I realized that I didn't want… — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
You get people who come to London, sever links with where they come from, and then when they need people, there's nobody… — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
I believe we shall come to care about people less and less, Helen. The more people one knows, the easier it becomes… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I wanted to acknowledge my U.S. heritage and to belong to it more closely. Having said that I am certainly British by… — Jamie Bamber Copy Share Image
Growing up in South London was what moulded me, really. I grew up in Caford, Lewisham. It just meant a lot of… — Joe Gomez Copy Share Image
I know I wasn't allowed to go to fashion school; I can't cut a dress like Galliano, right? But I had enough… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
My place in London is very small, so a piano would take up a third of the room. I leave home in… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image