Quotes about britain
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More perhaps than any war for centuries, the conflict that ended sixty years ago had for us in Britain the clear character of a moral struggle.
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She is such a tremendous spokesperson for Britain in general, and Wales in particular, that it hurt to see how she was treated in this whole process. Michael Douglas
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Shooting films in Britain is always difficult, because we've never got enough money to make them. James McAvoy
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One thing about television in Britain is that they're so scared about complaints. It curbs a lot of drama. Alice Lowe
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I am happy to be in New Britain this season. Going to Double-A is a big step and I'm really excited about the opportunity.
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I am the 'change Britain' candidate. We can only change Britain through a united Labour Party and I am the unity candidate. I have got support from the Left and the Right of the party. David Miliband
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cement the new modern relationship between Britain and India. Tony Blair
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For years, Islamists and other extremists have taken advantage of grievances of Muslims in Britain and have successfully identified ways to integrate them under one 'Islamic' banner. Maajid Nawaz
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From the 1920s into the 1940s, Britain's standard of living was supported by oil from Iran. British cars, trucks, and buses ran on cheap Iranian oil. Factories throughout Britain were fueled by oil from Iran. The Royal Navy, which projected British power all over the world, powered its ships with Iranian oil. Stephen Kinzer
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I have made several trips to Britain in the last few months and, as far as the paperwork is concerned, I am clear. But there is little else we can do without Honda's assistance.
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If Britain is going to investigate journalists as terrorists - take and destroy our documents, force us to give up passwords and answer questions - how can we be sure we can protect our sources?
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We have to create security for the working families of Britain, and that's what I'll do Ed Miliband
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I would love to spend more time in Britain one day. In my heart, I still feel that I'm English, and when I think of home, I think of England. Olivia Hussey
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Americans don't care what your language is, your race is, whatever. Everyone is there to do their own thing and be successful. I wish people in Britain would be more positive. Vinnie Jones
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Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked, and Britain stood with us. This was not only an attack against America, but against the civilized world; and Britain understood this. Vito Fossella
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As a student, I had stayed with Winston Churchill; later, I had lunched with Harold Macmillan - in fact, had met most of the post-war prime ministers of Great Britain from Douglas-Home to Tony Blair. Nigel Hamilton
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I grew up and lived in a Britain in which strikes and the threat of strikes had become part of the social fabric - and it was not very nice.
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Poles finished communism, and Great Britain profited significantly from this. Lech Walesa
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Because of the long, long history of British shipping, immigration, trade, empire, missionaries, you can have a better shot at telling a worldwide story in the British Museum's collection than any other. Britain has been more connected with the rest of the world than any other country, for longer. Neil MacGregor
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'Phantom of the Opera' started in my little 100-seater converted church in Britain with a stage where we did what we did. But it was the score itself was what made it. Andrew Lloyd Webber
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You'll find that no pride is greater than the pride that comes with being thick. Britain is filled with people who are really proud of their stupidity. Andrew O'Hagan
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For a time during the 1980s the Royal Family were not just the most influential family in Britain but probably in Europe and Prince Charles specifically was very much like a defacto Cabinet member and what he said actually had impact on public policy.
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Much of the aid we first gave to Russia we took away from what we promised Britain. So in a sense, Britain participated in a very real way in the recovery of Russia. W. Averell Harriman
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David Cameron's approach has left Britain weakened and weary because to retreat from the world is as foolish as it is futile. Douglas Alexander
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The defeat of the combined French and Spanish fleets lifted the very real threat of an invasion of Britain and it was greeted by the nation with huge relief, Horatio Nelson
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The fact that the Government is supporting pilgrims on the Hajj highlights the extent to which we in Britain live in a truly multi-cultural multi-religious society. No other Western country provides this kind of delegation. Jack Straw
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What is the big political issue for Britain at the moment? Without wishing to sound portentous, it is about whether we can build a social democratic settlement, whether we can lay the political and cultural foundations for the next several years.
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I went to see him and I didn't see too many managers clambering over from Britain to watch him, Gordon Strachan
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I think Britain has this tradition which suggests that if you make the readers laugh too much, you can't really be serious. Whereas, I think one of the functions laughter can perform in a book, as in life, is that it's a reaction to genuine horror. Mark Haddon
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I always thought the golden rule was pointless because it could always be refined in so many ways. In the past few years, Britain has gone on a very feckless spending spree when every other country has embarked on fiscal consolidation.
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I rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me, he's up there with Bryan Ferry. David Bowie
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Many employers in Britain are working their employees harder, not smarter,
britain drop earlier felt financial hiring london markets rest stronger
London felt the upturn earlier and stronger than all of the others. Hiring in Britain didn't drop as much as it did in the rest of the world through 2003, in financial markets and other industries.