#british

A five-week sand blizzard?" said Deep Thought haughtily. "You ask this of me who have contemplated the very vectors of the atoms in the Big Bang itself? Molest me not with this pocket calculator stuff. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#humour #science-fiction #science

Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British. ↗

— Naveen Andrews

#british #came #did #i #i came

I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well. ↗

— Julie Andrews

#british #carrying #conscious #country #feel

It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind. ↗

— Naveen Andrews

#casting #color #directors #easy #films

The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him. ↗

— Ernest Bevin

#change #conservative #him #man #most

Well, I'm British. I'm proud to be British and I love this country. I'm going nowhere. ↗

— Jay Kay

#country #going #i #i love #love

When I was in England doing Romeo and Juliet as a child star, I was interviewed by the British press, who are even more vicious and cruel than the Americans. So I have been extremely guarded ever since. ↗

— Claire Bloom

#british #british press #child #cruel #doing

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that. ↗

— Orlando Bloom

#actor #american #american accent #british #crack

I want to experience that massive adrenalin rush when you step into a new stadium, all the more so when that Olympic Stadium is packed full of people waving British flags. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#british #experience #flags #full #i

Things have changed so much, with Facebook and Twitter. Everyone is so much more accessible these days: no British athlete has ever experienced what we are experiencing now. It's such a unique situation with the home Olympics. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#athlete #british #changed #days #ever