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- Nov 07, 2020
British Quotes
Most Famous British Quotes of All Time!
Genuine affection for London and its people comes through in some reflections, alongside sharper critiques of how colonial trade shaped entire regions abroad. The pursuit of ivory once drove major decisions that permanently altered ecosystems overseas, a history explored in our Britain quotes.
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- British Press
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing I have been banging on about, we have a dessert deficit in the U.K. We still import a very large proportion of our desserts. I would ask everyone to go out and buy a British dessert.
- Over
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over 30 years ago, Airbus was founded by a European consortium of French, German, and later Spanish and British companies to compete in the large commercial aircraft industry with U.S. companies.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we were growing up we were all asked to accept ourselves as British citizens, and I still hold on to this idea that multicultural Britain is possible.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant proportion of the British population that comes out of compulsory schooling with very low standards of education.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
British chancellor is telling the rest of Europe it must abandon democracy. It's appalling.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
We went to the British Museum, and I was looking up my family in the books - pages and pages on it.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
The British press has an insatiable appetite for making public things that should be private. It's a prurience that I've never understood.
- Africa
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- Nov 07, 2020
For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa.
- Embraces
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- Nov 07, 2020
A collection that embraces the whole world allows you to consider the whole world. That is what an institution such as the British Museum is for.
- Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't know Charlie before doing the movie, but I was a huge fan of the British Queer as Folk.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's because Gandhi believed in villages and because the British ruled from the cities; therefore, Nehru thought of New Delhi as an un-Indian city.
Media coverage doesn't always escape criticism, with some describing certain press coverage as carrying an uncomfortable edge. Others express a clear wish for deeper regional involvement in Europe rather than stepping back. Read more in our British Empire, British Government, and Britons quotes.