London Quotes
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When you're doing a deal with someone in the southern Sahara, it's a very different way of doing business than in London. You can't sign them in the usual way because they'd end up getting ripped off, which would defeat the object of setting up a label like this.
Damon Albarn Blur -
During my teenage years as an Islamist recruiter, I moved to live in self-contained communities in the London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets.
Maajid Nawaz
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People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
Idris Elba -
In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from London to Richmond, the passage in the stage costs just two shillings.
Karl Philipp Moritz -
Fall 2013 was inspired by the 1970s equestrian lifestyle. I wanted to incorporate the moody and romantic - intricate baroque detailing and classic menswear elements - with something tougher and edgier in a nod to London's rock n' roll underground.
Rachel Zoe -
All we ever got in those [early] days was "Where are you from? Liverpool? You'll have to be in London before you can do it. Nobody's ever done it from Liverpool.
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings -
I was born and raised in Essex, just outside London, to a financially comfortable, well-educated Pakistani family.
Maajid Nawaz -
I might have to do the London Marathon. I like crowds, so that is why I like the big marathons.
Cara Buono
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
Zaha Hadid -
I've been to London twice. I saw the Broadway show 'Billy Elliot' there - phenomenal. I was crying through the entire thing.
Olesya Rulin -
I was born in London and raised in Rome until I was 4. Then we went back to London, where I went to school.
Naomi Campbell -
I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.
Idris Elba -
In London it's easy not to be the focus of attention, especially when Sting lives in the house just behind you.
Victoria Wood -
London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
Bayard Taylor
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During the ten years I lived in the U.K., I frequently attended an Anglican church just outside of London. I enjoyed the energetic singing and the thoughtful homilies. And yet, I found it easy to be a pew warmer, a consumer, a back row critic.
Gary Hamel -
I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be had in going there and pulling two or three books off the shelves.
Ed Stoppard -
The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
Oscar Wilde -
I never get recognised here in London, which I like. Once a year, someone comes up to me and asks if I am 'so-and-so's niece' because they think they recognise me from somewhere. I like that.
Carey Mulligan -
For a kid in London, Hollywood seems like such a mythical place.
Orlando Bloom -
I grew up in suburban New York City and London, England, where my dad was working.
J. C. Chandor
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You can't allow everybody in London to know that the undead exist.
Victoria Smurfit -
I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
Fleur East -
Most cities have a centre surrounded by suburbs, but London has numerous centres: it's the model of a twenty-first century metropolis.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.
Zac Goldsmith