I dealt with men who had tempers, and who could get violent-Lord knows how I had to defend myself against Howard Hughes… — Ava Gardner Copy Share Image
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I trained as a classical actor in London for three years. We did Tennessee Williams and dialect and accent classes; they were… — Sam Palladio Copy Share Image
I went to Bruges for a weekend away from London. I was supposed to be meeting a girl there the next day.… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I recently interviewed Bernie Ecclestone in London. He had a go at women, said [Vladimir] Putin should be running Europe and so… — Martin Sorrell Copy Share Image
I did a lot of theatre when I started out. It was the Lyceum, the Citz, the Tron and the Traverse. I… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
“And I'll close by saying this. Because anti-Semitism is the godfather of racism and the gateway to tyranny and fascism and war,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The one enemy in the world that America has is England. But then, England is the great land of Christian civilization, and… — Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Copy Share Image
I cut London Boulevard pretty aggressively, but I liked the transitions and the elliptical feel that I got. It's not an exceptionally… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I was about 16 when punk started to happen. It was so exciting. You had a social depression going on in the… — Boy George Copy Share Image
While we travel as much as we do; this city is still really unique to us in terms of how eclectic it… — Jazzie B Copy Share Image
The poem you sent me was as fiery and virile as anything you've ever written - or anybody else, for that matter.… — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
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When I first came to London I thought there'd be this amazing music scene, but I was quite let down by how… — James Righton Copy Share Image
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In some of the great cities of Europe - Paris, Vienna, Prague, and Brussels - tourists bored with life above ground can… — Rose George Copy Share Image
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I definitely want to do more movies, and I'm also a writer, so I have a few screenplays that I'm working on,… — Eliza Coupe Copy Share Image
When I graduated from high school, I made the decision to pursue my dance training in London, England. I was so scared… — Catherine Mary Stewart Copy Share Image
“of London – the thrusting steel spires of Canary Wharf, the domed O2 arena, then Tower Bridge, and finally the London Eye… — Paul Pilkington Copy Share Image
When I came to Hollywood, I would take the opportunity to get to know George Stevens or Willy Wyler or Billy Wilder… — Warren Beatty Copy Share Image
I remember, I was doing 'Jesus Christ Superstar' in London in the early '70s, and friends of mine had come over from… — Colm Wilkinson Copy Share Image
I can live in Paris for four months or London or, you know, Barcelona. These are places that are like New York.… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Ah walk doon Hammersmith Broadway, London seeming strange and alien, after only a three-month absence, as familiar places do when you’ve been… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
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For people to understand, you can't speak 'cinema.' Cinema doesn't have alphabets, so you have to go to the local language. Even… — Suhasini Maniratnam Copy Share Image
As colleagues, Shammi ji was my first co-actor and the hero of my debut film 'Junglee' in 1961. I met him for… — Saira Banu Copy Share Image
Dear London, British fashion is a serious business. The British fashion industry is worth £21bn to the U.K. economy and employs 819,000… — Natalie Massenet Copy Share Image
My favourite view is just up the road from my house where, if you look one way, you can see Alexandra Palace,… — Tamzin Outhwaite Copy Share Image
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I had a totally different upbringing, totally different background, raised in Germany, small town, now I am in London taking care of… — Per Mertesacker Copy Share Image
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One of the problems with any kind of talking about the media landscape is that we've just been through an unusually stable… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
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