"We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the……" — Thomas B. Macaulay

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• London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything… — David Attenborough
• When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men… — Chinua Achebe
• For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms. — Gerry Adams
• I love British humor. It's just so - surreal. — Beck
• The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. — Tony Benn
• On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA,… — Kate Adie
• All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of… — Sade Adu
• I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent… — Orlando Bloom
• But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain,… — Bono
• We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be… — Richard Branson
• We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted now about 14 years, and… — Richard Branson
• The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is… — Louise Brown

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