#england

Jerusalem (1804) And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green And was the holy lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen And did the countenance divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills And was Jerusalem builded here Among those dark Satanic mills Bring me my bow of burning gold Bring me my arrows of desire Bring me my spears o'clouds unfold Bring me my chariot of fire I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand 'Til we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land ↗

— William Blake

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The trouble with England, he thinks, is that it's so poor in gesture. We shall have to develop a hand signal for ‘Back off, our prince is fucking this man's daughter.’ He is surprised that the Italians have not done it. Though perhaps they have, and he just never caught on. ↗

— Hilary Mantel

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Growing up in New England, being schooled and classically trained, it needed to shake, it needed to evolve. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#classically #england #evolve #growing #growing up

There are less than 1 per cent of anorexic girls, but there more than 30 per cent of girls in France - I don't know about England - that are much, much overweight. And it is much more dangerous and very bad for the health. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#anorexic #bad #cent #dangerous #england

In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country. ↗

— George William Norris

#been #compelled #country #course #duration

When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical out of the documentary material about the General Strike, which was the next big historical event in England, after the First World War. ↗

— Trevor Nunn

#after #big #commissioned #documentary #england

The bump I was trying to hide could be the future king of England. ↗

— Bruce Oldfield

#could #england #future #hide #i

We are looking to get counties to play their young England players earlier, and the first reports from the counties are that it is working well. It also helps us to prepare in a better fashion. ↗

— Andy Pick

#better #counties #earlier #england #fashion

After moving to England I did some recording and eventually formed an English band, this was together for quite a few years with only a keyboard replacement. The band had no name, just my name. ↗

— Suzi Quatro

#band #did #england #english #eventually

But I love filmmaking - I'm not ashamed of that. You're sort of vilified if you say that in England. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#england #filmmaking #i #i love #love