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"Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design."

"Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design."

Tim Berners Lee, English Inventor

Design, Care, Pretty, Want

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"Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress."

"Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress."

John Berger, English Artist

Being, Dress, Nudity

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"An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own."

"An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own."

Walter Bagehot, English Author

Money, Time, Sacrifice, Mind

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"The pleasures of the rich are bought with the tears of the poor."

"The pleasures of the rich are bought with the tears of the poor."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Injustice, Poor, Pleasure, Tears, Wealth

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"Several excuses are always less convincing than one."

"Several excuses are always less convincing than one."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Excuse, Excuses

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"There are few retreats, that can escape the penetrating eye of avarice."

"There are few retreats, that can escape the penetrating eye of avarice."

Thomas Clarkson, English Activist

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"At times those skills were really hard to do because not only was I having to contend with the camera, but I was having to learn these new skills and the ball was always kind of doing what you didn't want it to do. So it got a little bit frustrating at times but we got there."

"At times those skills were really hard to do because not only was I having to contend with the camera, but I was having to learn these new skills and the ball was always kind of doing what you didn't want it to do. So it got a little bit frustrating at times but we got there."

Parminder Nagra, English Actress

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"Sometimes I'll hear a phrase or a word and write it down in my little black notebook (a writer's best mate), then come back to it and work a plot around it."

"Sometimes I'll hear a phrase or a word and write it down in my little black notebook (a writer's best mate), then come back to it and work a plot around it."

Paul Kane, English Writer

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"And people think she killed him?" said Miss Tick. She sighed. "They probably think she cooked him in the oven, or somet."

"And people think she killed him?" said Miss Tick. She sighed. "They probably think she cooked him in the oven, or somet."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Suspicion, Power, Regret, Today

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"Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft."

"Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft."

David Hockney, English Artist

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"I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow."

"I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow."

Laurence Housman, English Playwright

God, Nation, Race, Rest

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"Each thing leapfrogs. I do a Genesis project - like now, we're just finishing off an album - and then by the time the album is doing its thing, I could do nothing or I could do a film."

"Each thing leapfrogs. I do a Genesis project - like now, we're just finishing off an album - and then by the time the album is doing its thing, I could do nothing or I could do a film."

Phil Collins, English Musician

Time, Film, Nothing, Now

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"And I just want to work with good directors and good people."

"And I just want to work with good directors and good people."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

Work, People, Want

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"The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect."

"The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect."

Oliver Joseph Lodge, English Physicist

Survival, Effect, Fashion, Old

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"This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion."

"This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion."

Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

Being, Boys, Encouragement, Loss

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"I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold themselves. I didn't and had to learn everything."

"I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold themselves. I didn't and had to learn everything."

Richard Briers, English Actor

People, Acting, Nothing, Talk

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"I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth."

"I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth."

Barbara Cartland, English Novelist

Woman, Women, Truth

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"Excessive interest in pathological behavior was itself pathological."

"Excessive interest in pathological behavior was itself pathological."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

Psychology, Obsession, Pathology, Irony, Self-Awareness

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"I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy."

"I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

Being, Energy, Rebellion, Trying

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"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Long ago the signalling had become no more than a meaningless ritual, now maintained by an animal which had forgotten to learn and a robot which had never known to forget."

"Long ago the signalling had become no more than a meaningless ritual, now maintained by an animal which had forgotten to learn and a robot which had never known to forget."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

Ritual, Decay, Tradition, Forgetting

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"Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine,Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;Custards for supper, and an endless hostOf syllabubs and jellies and mincepies,And other such ladylike luxuries."

"Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine,Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;Custards for supper, and an endless hostOf syllabubs and jellies and mincepies,And other such ladylike luxuries."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Lifestyle, Enjoyment, Food, Tradition, Luxury

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"I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished."

"I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished."

Christiane Amanpour, English Journalist

Family, Love, Admiration, Company

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"Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth."

"Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth."

Timothy Radcliffe, English Clergyman

War, Truth, Absurdity, Being

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"I'm a happily married man and I think to get married you have to be optimistic."

"I'm a happily married man and I think to get married you have to be optimistic."

Patrick Marber, English Writer

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"I never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They're all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him."

"I never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They're all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Father, Heart, Film

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"We don't to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup. You want to change things and say something fresh and new so you appeal to people as a new group."

"We don't to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup. You want to change things and say something fresh and new so you appeal to people as a new group."

Peter Hook, English Musician

Change, People, Being, Want

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"Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century."

"Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century."

Gavin Bryars, English Composer

Music, Now, Writing

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"It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are."

"It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are."

Brenda Blethyn, English Actress

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"I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground."

"I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground."

Martin Gore, English Musician

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"No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once."

"No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once."

William Petty, English Economist

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"Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth."

"Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth."

Richard Whately, English Writer

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"The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal."

"The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal."

Ritchie Blackmore, English Musician

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"There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches."

"There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches."

Hesketh Pearson, English Actor

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"I've always been terrified about being bored. I always think being bored is the worst thing. The only strategic decision I ever made as an actor was to try and make each job as different as possible."

"I've always been terrified about being bored. I always think being bored is the worst thing. The only strategic decision I ever made as an actor was to try and make each job as different as possible."

Alfred Molina, English Actor

Decision, Being, Job

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"As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving."

"As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

Possibility, Risk

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"A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head."

"A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

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"The costermongers' boys will, I am informed, cheat their employers, but they do not steal from them."

"The costermongers' boys will, I am informed, cheat their employers, but they do not steal from them."

Henry Mayhew, English Journalist

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"I'd never try to be that distinctive from the Bee Gees' sound. I'm very proud of being a Bee Gee and am always aware that I'll be identified as a Bee Gee."

"I'd never try to be that distinctive from the Bee Gees' sound. I'm very proud of being a Bee Gee and am always aware that I'll be identified as a Bee Gee."

Robin Gibb, English Musician

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"Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them."

"Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Compliment, Compliments, Nothing

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"Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps."

"Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps."

Quentin Crisp, English Writer

Virtue, Reward, Vice

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"I'm well into sort of Santiago Calatrava and people like that."

"I'm well into sort of Santiago Calatrava and people like that."

Sean Booth, English Musician

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"If you were going to be successful in the world of crime, you needed a reputation for honesty."

"If you were going to be successful in the world of crime, you needed a reputation for honesty."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Reputation, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Today

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"Religion's in the heart, not in the knees."

"Religion's in the heart, not in the knees."

Douglas William Jerrold, English Dramatist

Religion, Heart

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"Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign."

"Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign."

Edward Coke, English Businessman

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"The Army was my bread and butter."

"The Army was my bread and butter."

Brian Lumley, English Writer

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"Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash."

"Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash."

Cecil Beaton, English Photographer

Death, Fear, Belief, Control

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"I use fake tan myself with a self tanning spray."

"I use fake tan myself with a self tanning spray."

Lisa Snowdon, English Model

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"Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science."

"Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

Money, Science, Books, Literature

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"Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline."

"Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline."

Tony Blair, English Statesman

Cause, Conflict, Religious

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