Cornwall Quotes

• They call them the haunted shores, these stretches of Devonshire and Cornwall and Ireland which rear up against the westward ocean. Mists gather here, and sea fog, and eerie stories. That's not because there are more ghosts here than in other places, mind you. It's just that people who live hereabouts are strangely aware of them.

  Dodie Smith

  Ocean, Fog, Sea

  "Fictional character: Roderick Fitzgerald". "The Uninvited", www.imdb.com. 1944.

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• Cornwall is one of the most beautiful places, with great people - there's not a great downside to it.

  Tori Amos

  Beautiful, People, Great People

  "My Husband and I" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. January 04, 2003.

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• My great love is my home county of Cornwall, I love to sit and watch people enjoying themselves on the beaches and in the harbour towns of Cornwall.

  John Dyer

  Beach, Home, Love Is

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• A child did approach me in a restaurant in Cornwall, but he thought I was Gandalf.

  Michael Gambon

  Children, Restaurants, Approach

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

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• I have lived in Cornwall from the age of 4, so I have always been aware of the artistic heritage that the county has. I feel very proud to be able to connect to this.

  John Dyer

  Age, Proud, Able

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• I studied for my degree in London and consequently ended up spending five years away from Cornwall. I deliberately moved away from the coast to experience a different way of life.

  John Dyer

  Years, Degrees, Different

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• Death is the tyrant of the imagination.

  Bryan Procter

  Death, Tyrants, Imagination

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• There has never been a time when there has been no person in Cornwall without a knowledge of the Cornish language.

  Henry Jenner

  Language, Persons, Has Beens

  "A Handbook of the Cornish Language". Book by Henry Jenner, 1904.

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• Cornwall has lots of folk and Celtic music and has that kind of surfer vibe as well. That was my kind of upbringing.

  Sam Palladio

  Kind, Surfer, Celtic

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• It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon, when he was king of all England, and so reigned, that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time. And the duke was called the duke of Tintagil.

  Thomas Malory

  Kings, War, Book

  Sir Thomas Malory (1871). “Morte D'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table”, p.25

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• It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of visiting and eat lots of cake. They live all over Cornwall and all over Devon.

  Dawn French

  Cake, Able, My Family

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• I'm just some irritating, lying, ginger kid from Cornwall who should have been locked up in some youth detention centre. I just managed to escape and blag it into music.

  Aphex Twin

  Lying, Kids, Should Have

  "Tank boy". Interview with Paul Lester, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2001.

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• The book[ The Thorn and The Blossom] is a love story about two people, Brendan and Evelyn, who meet in a small town in Cornwall where Evelyn has gone on vacation and Brendan is working in his father's bookstore. The story is told from both perspectives, Brendan's and Evelyn's.

  Theodora Goss

  Father, Book, Vacation

  Source: www.sfsignal.com

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• I know people sometimes have this fantasy about Cornwall. But the Cornish are so grounded.

  Tori Amos

  People, Fantasy, Sometimes

  "My Husband and I". Interview with Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2003.

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• September is my favourite month, particularly in Cornwall. I felt, even as a child, that if you get a wonderful day in September, you think: This could be one of the last, the summer is nearly over. If you get a wonderful day in May, you think: So what, theres more coming.

  Tim Rice

  Summer, Children, Thinking

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• I don't think of myself as a rebellious artist, a lot of people have said that about me because I came from Cornwall and choose to paint people in what they considered to be an urban style instead of Cornish landscapes. I've never agreed with them. It's bullshit.

  Danny Fox

  Artist, Thinking, People

  Source: thequietus.com

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• My family runs a little art gallery back in Cornwall, so flashy cars and things like that have never really been particularly interesting to me.

  Sam Palladio

  Running, Art, Interesting

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• We shot ['Sailcloth'] five days down in Cornwall, and you couldn't have asked for a more beautiful place. It was a couple of tough days at sea, but when I say tough it was still enjoyable.

  John Hurt

  Beautiful, Couple, Sea

  Source: www.filmslatemagazine.com

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• I love being able to go on local flights when the weather is right. I've popped to the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and been mountain flying in Wales. When I got my licence I was over the moon, it was one of the greatest days of my life - it took two years to get!

  Jay Kay

  Moon, Years, Weather

  "Jay Kay: 'Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy'". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. October 31, 2010.

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• When I went kayak surfing in Cornwall, I got a really deep gash on my hand - it looked like I had a slug on it - so I went to Harley Street for surgery, because I looked like a battered woman when I was making things on Blue Peter.

  Konnie Huq

  Blue, Hands, Surfing

  "Konnie Huq: If I show my cleavage people make such a fuss". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. November 30, 2008.

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• Next out of the hall came the sisters and their husbands. Before I could say anything, the captain had clamped his hand over my mouth and was lifting me off my feet as I kicked. Cornwall made as to draw his dagger, but Regan pulled him away. "You've just won a kingdom, my duke, killing vermin is a servant's task. Leave the bitter fool stew in his own bile." She wanted me. It was clear.

  Christopher Moore

  Husband, Hands, Feet

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• I was in King Lear with Sir Tom Courtenay at The Royal Exchange in Manchester. In fact, that's where I met my husband. I was playing Regan and he was playing Cornwall and together we fell in love plucking out Gloucester's eyes. It was great fun. Everyone assumes that I was Cordelia because I've got blonde hair but I was Regan and they gave me a long auburn wig. It was great, good fun.

  Ashley Jensen

  Kings, Husband, Fun

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• The next day, to the joy of all of Arthur's court, Sir Gareth was wed to the fair Lady Lyonesse of Cornwall. All who beheld the couple declared that ne'er had so handsome a knight wed so beautiful a maiden. At the same time, Sir Gaheris was wedded to the Lady Lynet, younger sister to the Lady Lyonesse. They looked alright too.

  Gerald Morris

  Beautiful, Couple, Knights

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• A souvenir of those years is a small cottage on the cliffs of Cornwall, where Joyce and I spend a spring month every year, hiking and seeing friends.

  Philip Warren Anderson

  Spring, Years, Hiking

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