England Quotes
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I don't really care whether England are closer to us or not - I believe that it's all about us.
B. R. Hayden
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I'm an England fan and I have struggled to comprehend how, from 1990 when we came so close to reaching the final, we have never kicked on from there. I thought we would but we never have.
Chris Waddle
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England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of watery Neptune.
William Shakespeare
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Industrialization came to England but has since left.
P. J. O'Rourke
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England! my country, great and free! Heart of the world, I leap to thee!
Philip James Bailey
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The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.
William Blake
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The Last Of England works with image and sound, a language which is nearer to poetry than prose. It tells its story quite happily in silent images, in contrast to a word-bound cinema.
Derek Jarman
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I am the photographer of the de-industrial revolution in England. I didn’t set out to be this. It’s what happened during the time I was photographing.
Chris Killip
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France, England, Ireland and Wales are all strong opposition, especially at home. It will be a challenging tour.
Eddie Charles Jones
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Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters.
William Wordsworth
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The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe, and so everyone who breathes it becomes free. Everyone who comes to this island is entitled to the protection of English law, whatever oppression he may have suffered and whatever may be the colour of his skin.
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
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I want to beat England because I want to win every game I play.
Gabriel Batistuta
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The Conservatives played like England cricketers - too many rash strokes and run-outs, dropped catches and bowling anywhere but the stumps.
Norman Tebbit
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The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short.
Henry Rollins Black Flag
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I have to understand the rules here in England.
Pep Guardiola
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I had a very colorless background, and when I left Ohio and moved to England, nobody knew who I was and I had a real freedom. I could be free to experiment and experience things and I liked that a lot.
Chrissie Hynde Pretenders
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Every hour I spent on manual work, every hour I was humiliated in England or degraded has helped me because that's the same way other people feel in the townships here. People are still walking long distances and are working long hours.
Michael Sata
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Most people in England don't live in the North, and people are snobby in England, so they wanted a band from the South.
Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones
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Now the time is come, That France must veil her lofty-plumed crest, And let her head fall into England's lap.
William Shakespeare
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My first break was in a Hong Kong movie that I shot in China - I was going out there and working as a western stunt man, if you like, but at the same time in England I was working in daytime soap stuff. Eventually I put the two together.
Scott Adkins
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I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!
Rupert Friend
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I think any time you lose an Ashes series, especially with the hype and build-up surrounding it and the pride we have as Australians playing against England, that's always hard to take.
Ricky Ponting
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Here in England, my becoming an actor was considered unimaginative.
Jared Harris
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I grew up in a brick house. What's wrong with bricks? An Englishman took me aside and said, "You have to understand, all the bricklayers in England are Irish, and the English hate the Irish."
Carl Andre