#britain

Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

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Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over there tend to fight with each other a lot, the premise being that there's not enough room for everybody. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#because #being #britain #coming #each

If I really had to pinpoint my happiest days out of the United States, I'd choose those Fifties military days in Britain, particularly my time in South Ruislip. I had a ball. ↗

— Larry Hagman

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The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business. ↗

— William Hague

#business #i #message #open #round

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping. ↗

— William Hague

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I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government. ↗

— William Hague

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The people of Britain want a Home Secretary who will give them back their streets. They want a Home Secretary who will speak up for the victim, not the criminal. ↗

— William Hague

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Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests. ↗

— William Hague

#great #great britain #happen #happens #interests

Britain is not a country that is easily rocked by revolution... In Britain our institutions evolve. We are a Fabian Society writ large. ↗

— William Hamilton

#country #easily #evolve #institutions #large

Britain will be honoured by historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it. ↗

— Lord Harlech

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