British Quotes

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The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years. — Michael Caine
I am not a British isolationist. I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. — David Cameron
The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would be a villain… — Michael Caine
I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers. — David Cameron
I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with… — David Cameron
We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than… — David Cameron
If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for a proper, reasoned debate.… — David Cameron
I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited in the United… — Naomi Campbell
Anyone that knows me knows what I'm about, and I'm very much a British actor, a European actor. — Robert Carlyle
I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter… — Leslie Caron
In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to hell. There seems to be no limit, no depths to… — John le Carre
So I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller', he said 'Not you again'. — Frank Carson
There is no cannibalism in the British navy, absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount. — Graham Chapman
British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography. — Lee Child
The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to… — Winston Churchill
When Marcus Garvey died in 1940, the role of the British Empire was already being challenged by India and the rising expectations of her African… — John Henrik Clarke
One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour… — Nick Clegg
I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make their contribution, to make an… — Nick Clegg
If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range of nationalist, xenophobic and extreme… — Nick Clegg
What I hope is in five years' time, I can go to the British people in the election and say: Lots of you doubted that… — Nick Clegg

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