Edinburgh Quotes

• The Duke of Edinburgh has perfected the art of saying hello and goodbye in the same handshake.

  Jennie Bond

  Goodbye, Art, Saying Hello

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• Even though one of them is about an Edinburgh junkie and ones a little boy of eight in Manchester, you want them to always portray their world in such a vivid way that the audience can disappear inside the story.

  Danny Boyle

  Boys, Eight, Stories

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• My first ever stage performance was in Edinburgh in 1960.

  Davy Jones

  Stage Performance, Firsts, 1960s

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• There's no leaving Edinburgh, No shifting it around: it stays with you, always.

  Alan Bold

  Leaving, Shifting

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• Edinburgh is so cultural and such a beautiful place to walk around.

  Rupert Friend

  Beautiful, Walks, Beautiful Places

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

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• You managed not to get eaten then?

  Prince Philip

  Dukes, Classic, Embarrassing

  "Long Line of Princely Gaffes". Said in 1998 to a student who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea, news.bbc.co.uk. March 01, 2002.

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• How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?

  Prince Philip

  Diamond Jubilee, Long, Tests

  "Prince Philip: His public life in gaffes", edition.cnn.com. May 4, 2017.

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• The bastards murdered half my family.

  Prince Philip

  Dukes, Half, My Family

  "Prince Philip, the grandfather of political incorrectness" by John Moody, www.foxnews.com.

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• I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education.

  Rory Bremner

  School, Class, Childhood

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• Study hard. Work hard. Play harder. Don't be bound by rules, don't hurt anybody and never ever live somebody else's dream.

  Shahrukh Khan

  Dream, Hurt, Hard Work

  "20 Wonderful Quotes From SRK's Speech At Edinburgh University That Will Teach You A Thing Or Two About Life" by Ankush Bahuguna, www.mensxp.com. October 16, 2015.

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• Do you still throw spears at each other?

  Prince Philip

  Dukes, Classic, Spears

  "Prince Philip's Spear 'Gaffe'". Said to Australian Aborigines, news.bbc.co.uk. March 01, 2002.

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• I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it for fun. We just did gigs all over Edinburgh and some in Glasgow and some at festivals.

  Gerard Butler

  Fun, Rocks, Training

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• You look like you're ready for bed!

  Prince Philip

  Dukes, Bed, Looks

  "Prince Philip's Best and Worst Public Gaffes Ahead of His Final Royal Engagement". Said in 2003 to President of Nigeria, who was in national dress, www.mirror.co.uk. August 02, 2017.

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• It was here in Edinburgh that in the 1980s I joined with many others to protest against Margaret Thatcher as she arrived to address the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

  Douglas Alexander

  Scotland, Church, Addresses

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• You're not wearing mink knickers,are you?

  Prince Philip

  Classic, Mink, Knickers

  "Did I say that?" by John Hind, www.theguardian.com. June 20, 2009.

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• I did a production of 'Journey's End,' an RC Sherriff play about World War I, at the Edinburgh Festival. I was 18 and it was the first time that people I knew and loved and respected came up to me after the show and said, 'You know, you could really do this if you wanted to.'

  Tom Hiddleston

  War, Journey, Play

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• Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?

  Prince Philip

  Dog, Classic, Eating

  "Duke bounds into guide dog gaffe" by Rebecca Allison, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2002.

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• There's all this stuff that is happening in Edinburgh now, it's a sad attempt to create an Edinburgh society, similar to a London society, a highbrow literature celebrity society.

  Irvine Welsh

  Literature, London, Stuff

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• This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal.

  Paul Nurse

  Winter, Dark, Long

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• When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous.

  Norman MacCaig

  Ridiculous, Euthanasia, Teach

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• I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.

  Prince Philip

  Thinking, Wife, Moral

  Speech in London, 6 Dec. 1988, comparing participation in blood sports to selling slaughtered meat, in The Times 7 Dec. 1988

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• I would like to go to Russia very much — although the bastards murdered half my family.

  Prince Philip

  Russia, Dukes, Half

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• Live now, live today - don't be bound by rules, live your own dream.

  Shahrukh Khan

  Dream, Live For Today, Bounds

  "9 inspiring quotes by Shah Rukh Khan from his Edinburgh speech!". Shahrukh Khan's acceptance speech for honorary doctorate degree from the United Kingdom’s University of Edinburgh for his philanthropic work, www.india.com. October 15, 2015.

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• Don't let your fears become boxes that enclose you. Open them out, feel them and turn them into the greatest courage you are capable of. I promise you, nothing will go wrong. But if you live by your fears, everything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong and you won't even have done the 'Funky Chicken'.

  Shahrukh Khan

  Promise, Done, Chickens

  "7 Quotes From Shah Rukh Khan's Speech at Edinburgh That Will Give You Life" by Akshita Jolly, www.cosmopolitan.in. August 2, 2017.

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• It's okay to be confused. Confusion is the route to all the clarity in the world.

  Shahrukh Khan

  Confused, Confusion, World

  "7 Quotes From Shah Rukh Khan's Speech at Edinburgh That Will Give You Life" by Akshita Jolly, www.cosmopolitan.in. August 2, 2017.

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