#london

In the United States in 2009, more than 10.2 billion trips were taken on transit trains and buses. So far, the nation has not experienced a major transit attack since Sept. 11, but the March 2010 Moscow subway bombings and earlier train attacks in London and Mumbai show that we must be prepared. ↗

— John Mica

#attacks #be prepared #billion #bombings #buses

I crammed my exams in London and did fine. ↗

— Rhona Mitra

#did #exams #fine #i #london

As London is suddenly promoted as a super-wealth brand, the England outside London shivers beneath cutbacks, tight circumstances and economic disasters. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#brand #circumstances #cutbacks #disasters #economic

I'd never have written the big books in London. ↗

— Jilly Cooper

#books #i #london #never #written

London is a modern Babylon. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#london #modern

London is a roost for every bird. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#every #london #roost

My agent in Sweden used to send off interview tapes but I decided to take it upon myself and come to London to visit casting directors which is when things first started taking off for me. I love Sweden but the industry out here is quite small so when I was given the chance to go internationally I took it. ↗

— Alicia Vikander

#casting #casting directors #chance #come #decided

No matter where I go - London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make people's lives better, not pull them apart. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#always #apart #beijing #beirut #better

When Culture Club broke up, I hadn't been going out a lot because we'd been working all the time, so I suddenly had this period of leisure. And it was just around the time that the whole acid house thing kicked off in London. ↗

— Boy George

#around #because #been #broke #club

On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them. ↗

— Lillie Langtry

#debut #duchess #gave #i #london