London Quotes
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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
Samuel Johnson
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I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.
Sally Phillips
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I'm particularly drawn to actors in their own little drama. I find it's that area I'm very alive to. And I don't encounter it that often. You have to be far from civilization, you have to be far from New York or London to find people who do that.
Rachel Cusk
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After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
Dan Hawkins
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I can show bands how to produce themselves. In the same way, many bands think you can't make it without some fat cat in London or New York to manage you. Thats just crap. All you need is someone a bit older than you with a bit of business nous whom you trust.
Johnny Marr Pretenders
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London is like a girlfriend I loved, then really fell out with.
Lapo Elkann
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I deferred my third-year studies from university to go full time sailing to try and qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, which I did. I tried to go back to the university, but having won the silver medal, I just haven't been able to get back. And now I'm not sure if I ever will.
Hannah Mills
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I like where I live here, in London.
Annie Lennox Eurythmics
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I had seen 'Pillowman' in London and loved it. Being part of something that I, as an audience member, would like to be part of was one of the greatest experiences I've ever had.
Zeljko Ivanek
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I had skate wing in London. I had mine grilled with lemon and herbs, and it was the perfect seasoning for that fish.
Venus Williams
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Jews have been living in Jerusalem way before British people were living in London.
Naftali Bennett
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London 2012 was the biggest thing I will probably ever do, but I didn't realise it at the time!
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics.
Rachel Weisz
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There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.
Zaha Hadid
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I left Edinburgh to follow the London punk scene in 1978, singing and playing guitar in various bands. My income was sporadic, so I did anything to eke out some kind of subsistence - laying down slabs, working as a kitchen porter.
Irvine Welsh
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In London, people can be so... well, it's not even a case of people being unkind or unfriendly. You just don't make any contact in London. You go from A to B with your eyes on the pavement.
Carey Mulligan
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I did a reality TV show in London called 'I'd Do Anything,' and when I got put in the program, they said, 'What is your ultimate dream?' and I said, 'Broadway.'
Rachel Tucker
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London is a city of clubs and private houses. You have to be a member.
Alec Waugh
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My stepfather introduced me to The London Library when I was about 18; the clientele has definitely changed since then, but it is still a wonderful oasis in the middle of London.
Natascha McElhone
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I will always have two regrets. I don't have a presence in London, and I would have liked to have done more work in the Middle East.
Zaha Hadid
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I was shot at for being a Tamil in Sri Lanka, and then, everyone was calling me a Paki in London, and I'm not even Pakistani.
M.I.A.
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So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling.
Gary Oldman
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Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.
Ma Jian
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I’m just mad for San Francisco. It is like London and Paris stacked on top of each other.
Lesley Lawson