#tish

Britain, today, educates 4.8 million primary school children in Britain. And we educate five million primary school children around the developing world, at a cost of 2.5 per cent of what we spend on British children. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#britain #british #cent #children #cost

Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a sort of nice chorus line height and here I was, this person who was a good three inches taller than anyone else on the end of the line. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#british #chorus #else #end #enjoy

I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British, and my future was in Britain. And it would also make me eligible for literary awards. But I still think I'm regarded as one of their own in Japan. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#awards #britain #british #changing #eligible

Both my parents are English and came out to Australia in 1967. I was born the following year. My parents, and immigrants like them, were known as '£10 poms.' Back then, the Australian government was trying to get educated British people and Canadians - to be honest, educated white people - to come and live in Australia. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#australian #back #born #both #british

My father was an army champion boxer... in the British army. And so he loved boxing and talked it up as a sport. But then when my brother and I were beating the crap out of each other, he was always trying to tone it down. But I am a fan of boxing. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#am #army #beating #boxer #boxing

I like the fact that I have good old-fashioned British teeth with a big gap. ↗

— Georgia Jagger

#british #fact #gap #good #i

With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in. ↗

— Norman Jewison

#british #british actors #character #i #i think

Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#british #different #down #family #indian

The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis. ↗