1091 England Quotes for You to Enjoy

Americans are always mortified when I tell them this, but in England, it's a tradition to put your plaques and photographs and awards and gold records and stuff in your bathroom. I don't know why. Adele

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Because of England's lack of social mobility, unless they make truly heroic efforts, writers who are privately educated and then go on to Oxbridge or an institution like the BBC will generally embarrass themselves when they attempt to have a go at working- or lower middle-class characters. Adrian McKinty

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More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international. Agnes Smedley

Some people admire the aspirational rock star figures whose biopics make it to TV, the people they watched as kids and made them want to play football for England. For some comics, it is often the Doug Stanhopes and the Joan Rivers. Aisling Bea

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I had a bad break up at university - you know, when your heart breaks for the very first time, and you think, 'I must leave this island,' as if it had never happened to anyone before. I said 'OK, I'll go to England,' and it was the best decision I ever made. Aisling Bea

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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about. I always woke up before the plane landed. Alan Bradley

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Los Angeles is not a town full of airheads. There's a great deal of wonderful energy there. They say 'yes' to things; not like the endless 'nos' and 'hrrumphs' you get in England! Alan Rickman

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I was a student in London in the '70s, so CBGB really wasn't on my radar at all. Obviously, I was aware of the emergence of the Police in England and as an art student, I was very aware of David Byrne, but I suppose my musical taste at that time certainly didn't stretch towards the Dead Boys or the Ramones. Alan Rickman

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England in the '60s and the '70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically. Alan Rickman

History Everything Musically Exciting Said England Phenomenally

I still get butterflies when England are playing. Alan Shearer

Still Get England Butterflies Playing

All I ever wanted to do was play cricket for England and be successful. Alastair Cook

Cricket Wanted Successful England Ever Play

Learning on the job as England captain is hard. Alastair Cook

Learning Job Hard England Captain

You're there to score runs. If you don't do that over a period of time, people will look elsewhere. That hasn't changed and that'll never change, whether it's myself or Jimmy Anderson, you've got to play to a certain level to be picked for England or even Essex. Alastair Cook

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You're only England captain for a very short space of time. Alastair Cook

Time You Space Only Very Short Short Space England Captain

The England captaincy job, after 50-odd games, has found out what kind of leader I am in terms of a person. It's made me feel far more confident in terms of talking to a group in any situation. But it has taken me a long time to feel like I've been doing it naturally. Alastair Cook

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Playing for England is such a huge honour - it should always remain that. Alastair Cook

Honour Remain Always Huge Should England Playing

The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government. Albert Bushnell Hart

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England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe. Albert Bushnell Hart

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