British Quotes
1274 British quotes by 897 unique authors
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
— Rachel Maddow
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The fact is, I've always felt more British than Irish. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know, but I have…
— Rory McIlroy
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I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a great affinity with…
— Rory McIlroy
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The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors.
— Ivor Novello
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I have a dialect myself; it's more pronounced, because I have studied theatre and been in England. It's half-British, half-Indian.
— Kunal Nayyar
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I'm actually going in to ER as the new British intern.
— Parminder Nagra
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I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live…
— Chris O'Dowd
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And it is undeniably true that the greatest and most important right of a British subject is that he shall be governed by no laws…
— Joseph Warren
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I would say we are a friend in need and I am sure that the Greek people would very much welcome the choice of the…
— George Papandreou
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When the Canadian confederation took place in 1867, a lot of people in Quebec said, 'Could we have a referendum?' They said, 'Oh, no. In…
— Jacques Parizeau
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The most likely victim of actual religious discrimination in British society is a Muslim, but the person who is most likely to feel slighted because…
— Trevor Phillips
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When I want to relax, I plop down on my couch and watch some great movie, usually a British drama - anything with Colin Firth.
— Cobie Smulders
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I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands.
— Anna Sui
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No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in…
— Donald Sutherland
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Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany and…
— Gustav Stresemann
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You'll notice all around the Hindu temples couples, statues and drawings, in various erotic forms of love-making. This used to give the British a lot…
— Frederick Lenz
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I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American.
— Leonard Slatkin
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It's my view that human dignity - an attribute which for years has been taken by the Left in British politics - resides in fact…
— Maurice Saatchi
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The British were keen for 30 caliber guns, did not believe in daylight bombing. American experts said 30 caliber was not enough; we had to…
— Stuart Symington
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I think you will find scientists that think like you in Germany and Britain, and you will find politicians that think like Weinberger. I think…
— E. P. Thompson
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I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics.
— Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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I really appreciate the British part of my family.
— Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.
— Robert Trout
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Dizzee's just my childhood hero. He's definitely the inspiration. He's got himself to a very good place. He's defied the expectations of what British black…
— Tinie Tempah
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My glasses are from Cutler & Gross. They're not prescription: I just love wearing them. I used to wear Ray-Ban a lot and then I…
— Tinie Tempah
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