Brits Quotes - Page 2

• The 2011 riots in England, which left five dead and caused more than $300 million in property damage, were fueled by a generation of young Brits who grew up without ever hearing the word No.

  Bob Barr

  England, Generations, Hearing

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• I have very fond memories of the 80s; they were very formative years for me. I certainly remember the Cold War. It was a closer doorstep for the Brits than the Americans, so it was a very real and palpable threat at the time.

  Matthew Rhys

  Memories, Real, War

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• I had kissed a girl in the second season of 'Community,' but that was my first time kissing a girl ever, and I was so nervous, I almost knocked Brit Marling's teeth out.

  Gillian Jacobs

  Girl, Kissing, Community

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• I would guess it didn't exactly represent a profile in courage for the vice president to wander over there to the F-word network for a sit down with Brit Hume. I mean, that's a little like Bonnie interviewing Clyde, ain't it?

  Jack Cafferty

  Mean, President, Vices

  "Journalists Jealous Cheney Went to FNC, Take Shots at Integrity of FNC & Brit Hume" by Brent Baker, www.newsbusters.org. February 16, 2006.

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• Some of our German passengers on the ship would be crying. The Brits were the same way. They were crying, because they realized a new war was about to break out across Europe, with Hitler at the head of the goose-stepping parade.

  Frank Buckles

  War, Europe, Would Be

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• The Brit abroad is always the voice of caution. Persons of other cultures are known to be undisciplined, prone to leaning out of car windows and cooking with garlic.

  Nick Harkaway

  Other Cultures, Voice, Car

  Nick Harkaway (2014). “Tigerman: A novel”, p.17, Vintage

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• I grew up in London. My parents and I lived in West Norwood, then we moved to Norbury, and I went to the Brit School. I'm a South London girl at heart.

  Ashley Madekwe

  Girl, Heart, School

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The suicidally disgruntled were legion, And their enemies included any and all Americans, Brits, Canadians, Danes, et cetera; or, conversely, all Moslems, dark-skinned people, non-English-speakers, immigrants; all Catholics, fundamentalists, atheists; all liberals, all conservatives...For such people the consummate act of moral clarity was a lynching or a suicide bombing, a fatwa or a pogrom. And they were ascendant now, rising like dark stars over a terminal landscape.

  Robert Charles Wilson

  Suicide, Atheist, Stars

  Robert Charles Wilson (2010). “Spin”, p.191, Macmillan

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• Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.

  A. A. Gill

  Thinking, Laughing, Television

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• We, Brits, need to be sort of loosened up. And there's some transfer overseas, I think the more American fare that comes to the U.K., the more cross-fertilization there is that's perhaps changing.

  Rosamund Pike

  Thinking, Needs, Crosses

  Source: collider.com

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• I really don't. I have truly eclectic taste in music and I seem to cycle through phases in terms of to what's inspiring me. I'll go from Beethoven to Sigur Ros; World Music, Brit-pop, Classic Rock, Blues/Jazz, even the odd bit of Heavy metal.

  Rachel Miner

  Rocks, Taste, Eclectic Style

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think that most of my books are part of some process of self-education, often about the places I go to. Most of all, they are about the peculiar tension between institutional loyalty and loyalty to oneself; the mystery of patriotism, for a Brit of my age and generation, where it runs, how it should be defined, what it's worth and what a corrupting force it can be when misapplied. All that stuff is just in me and it comes out in the characters. I don't mean to preach, but I know I do, and I'm a very flawed person. It's quite ridiculous.

  John le Carre

  Loyalty, Running, Book

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• I love fashion because it can change to suit your mood. I'm very drawn to classic silhouettes, menswear-inspired pieces, and anything that feels a little French. I'm also inspired by Brit girl style.

  Sophia Bush

  Girl, Fashion, Style

  "Sophia Bush On The Real Chicago". Interview with Rebecca Taras, www.refinery29.com. February 2014.

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• I used to be mad on the games, but I had to ban myself. I used to spend three dollars on games, [but] it adds up, so now I'm on the social side of things like Twitter and Instagram. I love my weather apps. I guess because all the Brits are obsessed with weather.

  Tom Felton

  Games, Weather, Mad

  "Tom Felton’s Television Villain". Interview with Niki Cruz, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 9, 2014.

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• If you're a Brit you kinda get used to people being cold and aloof and just generally arrogant - particularly musicians. (Compared to Londoners New Yorkers are a walk in the park!)

  Thea Gilmore

  People, Musician, Arrogant

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• In the same way the Brits had to get used to the idea that the sun had set on the British Empire, I think that there's the subrosa feeling that we are at the end of the American century, and I think that's very, very hard for Americans to take.

  Anna Quindlen

  Thinking, Ideas, Feelings

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• In fact, soon after that [South African sanctions], I was going on an official visit to the UK and Margaret Thatcher instructed every minister to clear the decks of any outstanding matters between us - Australia and the Brits. And she went out of her way to make sure that that was as successful a visit as it possibly could be.

  Bob Hawke

  Successful, Australia, Matter

  Source: www.commonwealthoralhistories.org

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• If any Englishman said he has never called a Chinaman a chink he is lying. There is nothing bad about doing that. It is like calling the British Brits, or the Irish Paddies.

  Dave Whelan

  Lying, Calling, Paddy

  "Forfeit Whelan's donations over 'antisemitic' comments, says Labour" by Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2014.

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• It's not Brits who think American readers are a bunch of whinging morons with the geo-social understanding of a wire coathanger, it's American editors.

  Terry Pratchett

  Thinking, Editors, Understanding

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• I've got a checklist of things I want - including a Brit, a Grammy, an Oscar and a white poodle. Sometimes it gets lonely, and I want a baby too! I'm ticking things off the list.

  Joss Stone

  Baby, Lonely, White

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• The Brits was an amazing place to get a broad musical education. But I never really thought I was going to be a singer because there was always someone better than me in my class.

  Katie Melua

  Class, Musical, Singers

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• I don't think the Spice Girls are celebrated as much as they should be. We championed British pop worldwide. We toured everywhere to sell-out crowds and I think there should have been a reflection of that at February's Brit's anniversary.

  Melanie Chisholm

  Girl, Thinking, Reflection

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• Democrats all claim they'll get rough with the terrorists, but they can't even face Brit Hume.

  Ann Coulter

  Faces, Claims, Hume

  "No Wonder They're Afraid of Brit Hume" by Ann Coulter, townhall.com. May 3, 2007.

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• I'm just a foul-mouthed Brit.

  Kenneth Branagh

  Foul

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Little Britain… ever since it first came on… I come here a lot, we have a lot of friends here, my wife used to work with a lot of Brits, so we were always keyed into the hot shows when they first came out. So, I fell in love with Little Britain.

  Paul Feig

  Wife, Lots Of Friends, Hot

  "Bridesmaids - Paul Feig interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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