#british

I don't think the British carry a historical consciousness either. ↗

— Tom Paulin

#carry #consciousness #either #historical #i

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

My jokes are in my head and I have a duplicate copy of my jokes in a lot of British comics' heads, where they are safe. ↗

— Emo Philips

#comics #copy #duplicate #head #heads

There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#arts #british #especially #force #gets

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#class #colonial #father #important #man

The British cinema had been very dull and conformist. ↗

— Karel Reisz

#british #cinema #conformist #dull #had

What we learned quite early on is what was really important to early British pop that we produced-and this is where we were distinct from almost everybody else in this respect-is that it had to reflect exactly what the audience wanted us to say. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#audience #british #distinct #early #else

British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

#behave #british #british actors #europeans #extremely

British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut.' ↗

— James Purefoy

#british #british actors #cut #good #large

My parents are Italian and British. They live in Berkeley now - we all moved there four years ago. ↗

— Claire Forlani

#berkeley #british #four #italian #live