1066 London Quotes for You to Enjoy

I was born in Egypt, and my family moved to London when I was seven. I grew up mostly in Clapham, where I also went to school after a brief stint in Whitechapel. Mona Eltahawy

Family School Seven London Born Also Mostly Up Egypt Moved Where Grew After Brief

While I am most at home in London, I cannot really label myself as either British or Trinidadian. I write in the English language and live in the U.K. I find it hard to say that I am an entirely British writer, especially when I supported Trinidad in the 2006 World Cup and also support the West Indies cricket team. Monique Roffey

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I wish Wales was more represented on the British stage, and I have missed that being in London. Morfydd Clark

Wish Stage London More Missed Wales Being British

My sister lives in London, and I'm extremely close to her and her daughter. Namrata Shirodkar

Daughter Sister Extremely London Close Lives Her

I got my first library card, for Hendon Library in north London, when I was two years old. Naomi Alderman

Library Old First London Got Years North Card Two

When I turn on the news in Paris, the way Syria is covered is different from the way it is covered in Washington, D.C., or London. Even in Western society, where we hold all the values of democracy and freedom of speech, as soon as you point a camera in a particular direction, there is an angle - literally and figuratively. Natalie Dormer

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I'm a London girl, so I grew up on Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood... Dior, Chanel, the usual suspects. Natalie Dormer

Girl Alexander Dior London Up Suspects Grew McQueen Usual Chanel

My parents realized the dangers of raising a daughter in a social, political, and legal climate that was growing increasingly oppressive toward women and girls. Although they fled to London when I was just three weeks old, the challenges facing women's rights in Iran became ingrained in my social consciousness. Nazanin Boniadi

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Thanks to the unprecedented reach of British navigation, London in the early 18th century was not just the emporium of the world, it was the first place in which it was possible to assemble artifacts from around the world and allow people to study them. Neil MacGregor

London theatre is different: it is a commercial theatre that brings the whole of society into one place. And Shakespeare grasped, better than anyone else, what it means to engage the entire audience. Neil MacGregor

Theatre Better Society Else London Entire Shakespeare Audience Commercial Than Different Anyone Anyone Else Place Engage Means Grasped Whole Brings

'Interview with a Vampire' is my all-time favorite. I also loved 'An American Werewolf in London.' Nelsan Ellis

Interview Favorite Vampire London All-Time Also Werewolf American Loved

I found my place when I moved to London, where I chose to live, making my own tribe who were all from different backgrounds and places. The class thing is very dominant there, but in the cultural cross-fertilization, I felt a sense of belonging. Neneh Cherry

Class Own Sense Live Backgrounds Tribe London My Own Felt Making Were Cultural Dominant Very Moved Where Different Different Backgrounds Place Places Who Chose Found Thing Belonging

Audiences are a wee bit more chatty in New York than in London. Neve McIntosh

Bit London More Wee New Audiences Than York New York

I love being in London, where I live, for the shops, the bars and the clubs - but I equally enjoy going to my mum's house in Ayrshire and being able to sit on a cliff by the sea. Neve McIntosh

Love Sit Live Enjoy Able London House Equally Cliff Going Shops Being Where Clubs Sea Bars Mum

'Dark Knight' shot in London and Chicago, and we were on that for so long. Ng Chin Han

Dark Long London Knight Were Chicago Shot

When I first moved to London for university, I was already a big fan of Diesel because, in the nineties, Diesel was, like, the brand. The stores were the place to go. It wasn't workwear like Levi's or G-Star. Nicola Formichetti

First Big Nineties London Like Because Go Were Big Fan Brand Diesel Moved Fan Stores Place Levi University

American companies based in Scotland employ large numbers of people - in fact, we are the best performing part of the U.K., outside London and the southeast of England when it comes to attracting foreign direct investment. Nicola Sturgeon

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