#gland

Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#between #called #century #difference #dining

Lincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the city to work in a factory. ↗

— Bernie Taupin

#drive #either #england #factory #going

I was born in Middlesex, England, which is really London. ↗

— Charles Keating

#england #i #i was born #london #really

There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma. ↗

— Ken Kesey

#crops #england #enigma #lot #people

I don't think America has ever had a center the way London is the center of England or Dublin is the center of Ireland. ↗

— Richard Russo

#center #dublin #england #ever #had

I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#attack #back #cash #come #earn

Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#ago #america #ancestors #came #dissenters

Horses pretty much broke as a record in England. ↗

— Patti Smith

#england #horses #much #pretty #record

My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#england #first #goodnight #hayley #her

I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back. ↗

— Sting

#back #change #class #did #england