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Quotes by British Authors

"So, I kind of rather was hoping that people thought it would have a nice mixture of different topics and it also takes in the fact that I've had two children recently."

"So, I kind of rather was hoping that people thought it would have a nice mixture of different topics and it also takes in the fact that I've had two children recently."

Jo Brand, British Comedian

Thought, People, Children, Fact

13

"Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle."

"Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle."

Ron Moody, British Actor

13

"It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that's not the world we live in."

"It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that's not the world we live in."

Glenda Jackson, British Actress

Education, World

13

"Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding."

"Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding."

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

Appearance, Affectation, Dress, Mind, Understanding

13

"The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs."

"The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs."

Arthur E. Waite, British Occultist

13

"An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful."

"An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful."

Queen Victoria, British Royalty

13

"Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline."

"Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline."

George Eliot, British Author

Genius, Discipline, First

13

"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."

"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."

George Herbert, British Poet

Time, Work, May, Right

13

"When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys."

"When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys."

Catherine Bell, British Model

Football, Girls

13

"I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time."

"I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time."

Lord Mountbatten, British Soldier

Time, Ability, Job

13

"A person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief."

"A person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief."

Cat Stevens, British Musician

13

"The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity."

"The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Humility, Nation, Posterity, Youth

13

"He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave."

"He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave."

William Drummond, British Poet

Fool, Reason, Will

13

"I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops."

"I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops."

Jon Anderson, British Musician

13

"Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore."

"Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore."

Bernard Cornwell, British Novelist

13

"I was born on September 27, 1918, the second of five children."

"I was born on September 27, 1918, the second of five children."

Martin Ryle, British Scientist

13

"But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that."

"But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that."

Francis Maude, British Politician

Work, People, Country, Right

13

"Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!"

"Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!"

Alan Parsons, British Musician

Echo, Magic, Treatment

13

"I like books whose virtue is all drawn together in a page or two. I like sentences that don't budge though armies cross them."

"I like books whose virtue is all drawn together in a page or two. I like sentences that don't budge though armies cross them."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Literature, Books, Writing, Strength, Language

13

"People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits."

"People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits."

Rick Wakeman, British Musician

13

"But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve."

"But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve."

Elvis Costello, British Musician

13

"I may be wrong in that, but not I think in putting the questions. In our modern democracy the government needs not a unanimous but a general support for war before it orders our forces to fight."

"I may be wrong in that, but not I think in putting the questions. In our modern democracy the government needs not a unanimous but a general support for war before it orders our forces to fight."

Douglas Hurd, British Politician

Government, War, Democracy, Fight

13

"I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I'm still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird."

"I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I'm still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird."

Colin Firth, British Actor

13

"I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible."

"I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible."

Rachel Weisz, British Actress

Being, Celebrity

13

"I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman."

"I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman."

King James I, British Royalty

13

"All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds."

"All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds."

William Bligh, British Soldier

13

"Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven."

"Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven."

John Lubbock, British Statesman

13

"Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly."

"Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Survival, Life, Fall, Hope

13

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."

George Orwell, British Author

War, Peace, Strength, Freedom

13

"It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic."

"It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic."

John Leeson, British Actor

13

"The death of a beloved is an amputation."

"The death of a beloved is an amputation."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Mourning, Death, Loss, Grief, Pain

13

"The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once."

"The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once."

F. H. Bradley, British Philosopher

Force, Struggle, Temptation, Yield

13

"Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice."

"Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice."

Peter Benenson, British Lawyer

Freedom, Help, Justice, Sense

13

"The animators are absolutely extraordinary. It's mind-boggling."

"The animators are absolutely extraordinary. It's mind-boggling."

Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

13

"I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts."

"I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts."

Rachel Weisz, British Actress

Actor, Actors, Attention, Choice, Living

13

"I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice."

"I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice."

Brian Eno, British Musician

13

"Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own."

"Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own."

James M. Barrie, British Playwright

Motive, Motives

13

"It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor."

"It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor."

John Hurt, British Actor

13

"I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty."

"I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

13

"The human heart likes a little disorder in its geometry."

"The human heart likes a little disorder in its geometry."

Louis de Bernieres, British Novelist

Heart, Disorder, Geometry

13

"Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat."

"Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat."

Van Morrison, British Musician

Music, American, Folk, Name

13

"Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out."

"Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out."

Tim Rice, British Musician

13

"I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate."

"I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate."

Dusty Springfield, British Musician

13

"A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."

"A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Discretion, Misfortune, Woman

13

"I think it's hard to know. Feeling fulfilled, because actors face periods of unemployment, there is nothing worse than being at the top of your game; you have so much to give but do not have the platform to do this."

"I think it's hard to know. Feeling fulfilled, because actors face periods of unemployment, there is nothing worse than being at the top of your game; you have so much to give but do not have the platform to do this."

Michael York, British Actor

Actor, Actors, Being, Feeling, Nothing

13

"My personal view is that such total planning by the state is an absolute good and not simply a relative good... I do not myself think of the attitude I take as deriving from Marx - though this undoubtedly will be suggested - but from Fichte and Hegel."

"My personal view is that such total planning by the state is an absolute good and not simply a relative good... I do not myself think of the attitude I take as deriving from Marx - though this undoubtedly will be suggested - but from Fichte and Hegel."

John Grierson, British Director

Attitude, Planning, State, Will

13

"My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift."

"My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift."

Rory Bremner, British Comedian

Impression, First, Public

13

"If you know what you want to do, as I always loved musicals, and then to have been lucky enough to be successful with them, I think that's all you can ask isn't it? I think I don't really think too much about it. I am a bit shy socially, yeah, I admit that."

"If you know what you want to do, as I always loved musicals, and then to have been lucky enough to be successful with them, I think that's all you can ask isn't it? I think I don't really think too much about it. I am a bit shy socially, yeah, I admit that."

Andrew Lloyd Webber, British Composer

Success, Successful, Want

13

"What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?"

"What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?"

Lord Mountbatten, British Soldier

Obligation, First, Job

13

"To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail."

"To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail."

T. E. Lawrence, British Archaeologist

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