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“There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is.”

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Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself.

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The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living.

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I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper.

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There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence.

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It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last — tough people do.

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Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not better.

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All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!

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British Forces should be in a position to give back in a ten fold measure any attack that the Germans may attempt.

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Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears.

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It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.

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The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'.

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