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American audiences tend to be more expressive than British ones. ↗


— Simon Pegg


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It's estimated that by 2030 there will be virtually no unskilled jobs in the British economy. ↗


— Lucy Powell


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The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests. ↗


— Charley Reese


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We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant proportion of the British population that comes out of compulsory schooling with very low standards of education. ↗


— Nigel Short


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There just seems to be more acceptance now of... other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones. ↗


— Tim Roth


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Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity. ↗


— Mike Leigh


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The British ballads became a new kind of form in their hand. And out of them came the blues, a new kind of song of commentary and satire, a song form which, after all, has become the main musical form of the whole human species. ↗


— Alan Lomax


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I don't think the Bonzo Dog could have evolved in America, nor could the old Nice: because of their musical discipline. This is one thing that British groups do have, a sort of discipline. Sometimes it can get a bit soulless, but on the whole I think it's preferable to the American alternative. ↗


— Jon Lord


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The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads. ↗


— Ann Macbeth


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I didn't really see the British punk movement, if that's what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to all the New York music since 1973, really. ↗


— Steven Patrick Morrissey


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