#british

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#british #eclipse #sun #total #total eclipse

Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#chance #considering #director #i #i do

I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor. ↗

— Simon Pegg

#british #different #greater #greater understanding #humor

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating. ↗

— Simon Pegg

#best #british #humor #i #i think

There are actually quite high profile British TV star cameos in it that you probably wouldn't even notice, that the British wouldn't even notice, let alone the American audience. ↗

— Simon Pegg

#alone #american #american audience #audience #british

When Joan D' Arc was asked by her judges why as a Christian she did not love the British, she answered that she did love them, but she loved British in their country. In the same way, we do not hate the Turks, we love them, but in their country. ↗

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

#arc #asked #british #christian #country

Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#born #both #britain #british #circumstances

I'm British - ostensibly British - but I don't know where I really belong, you know? ↗

— Robert Plant

#british #i #know #ostensibly #really

Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#approach #british #continental #directors #opposed

No. I am not a royalist. Not at all. I am definitely a republican in the British sense of the word. I just don't see the use of the monarchy though I'm fierce patriot. I'm proud proud proud of being English, but I think the monarchy symbolizes a lot of what was wrong with the country. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#being #british #country #definitely #english