England Quotes - Page 16

• Since we launched the original 'Pop Idol' in England, I've remained close with Simon Fuller. Working as executive producer on 'American idol' for its first seven years not only was an inspirational journey into the heart of American pop culture, it opened my eyes to the untapped potential of the incredibly dynamic young people in this world.

  Nigel Lythgoe

  Inspirational, Heart, Eye

  "Nigel Lythgoe officially returning to ‘American Idol’" by Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. August 05, 2010.

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• The Church in England is the Church of England.

  Joseph Barber Lightfoot

  Church, Church Of England

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• I think the water dictates how food will taste in a country. In England the apples taste unlike apples grown in any other place. England is an island, there's a lot of salt in the air and in the water. I think that has something to do with it.

  Gael Garcia Bernal

  Country, Thinking, Islands

  "What's in your basket, Gael García Bernal?" by Morwenna Ferrier and Dr John Briffa, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2010.

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• I don't cheer for anyone because my job is obviously more important, but the reason why I got into sports is because of my father. He's a giant sports fan and we are from New England, so he cheered for the Celtics and the Red Sox.

  Erin Andrews

  Sports, Jobs, Cheer

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• I got a job as soon as I could - 11 or 12. I started babysitting and then I got a part-time job at a pharmacy in England. I just remember loving the feeling of going out and buying my own clothes! I'd go bargain-hunting and get secondhand vintage stuff.

  Natasha Bedingfield

  Jobs, Hunting, Clothes

  "Natasha Bedingfield Flashback". www.seventeen.com. June 22, 2008.

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• The academy awards in England; it's a classy affair as well.

  Brenda Blethyn

  Awards, Affair, Wells

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• Playing in New England and the Boston area, the fans are so passionate about their sports if you don't play well, they'll let you know so I know it's not something that they take lightly.

  Drew Bledsoe

  Sports, Boston, Play

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• In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong.

  Ed Balls

  Strong, Party, Gold

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• I have also just finished three weeks on a soap opera in England. The soap opera is a rather famous one called Crossroads. It was first on television 25 years ago, and it has recently been brought back. I play the part of a businessman called David Wheeler.

  Jeremy Bulloch

  Years, Play, Three

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• Hendrix was big in England. We all became good friends and I am still in touch with Noel Redding.

  Jimmy Carl Black

  Good Friend, Noel, Hendrix

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• If only Vivien Leigh had stayed in England, that part would have been mine.

  Joan Bennett

  Mines, Has Beens, Ifs

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• My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in Virginia. I'm a Virginian Ballard.

  Robert Ballard

  Virginia, Half, Splits

  Interview with Jim Clash, www.askmen.com.

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• There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford.

  Sydney Brenner

  Years, Oxford, Difficult

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• The South Downs of England reminded me a bit of my Old Virginia homeland.

  Billy Campbell

  Virginia, Homeland, South

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

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• In England we only make films about the working class or the aristocracy.

  Nigel Cole

  Class, Aristocracy, Film

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• In England, your life is your life.

  Eric Cantona

  Life Is

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• I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.

  John Corigliano

  Ridiculous, British, Mediocre

  "The Gospel According To John Corigliano". Interview with Frank J. Oteri, www.newmusicbox.org. February 1, 2005.

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• Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I've done, almost because I'm not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.

  Steve Coogan

  Appreciation, America, Done

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. December 17, 2009.

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• I sort of lived half my life in California, half in England, so I am, I suppose, a little bit American.

  Alice Eve

  California, Half, Littles

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• The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies, and that's really excellent - not high-budget movies, but movies none the less.

  Idris Elba

  Light, Long, Green

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• Every town in America had at least one, two, or maybe three radio stations that played rock 24 hours a day. In England, we had a rock specialist on for two hours a week.

  Joe Elliott

  America, Rocks, Two

  "Joe Elliott of Def Leppard". Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. July 20, 2011.

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• I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

  Rupert Friend

  Middle Of Nowhere, Grew Up, Countryside

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

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• I've been working at performing for five years now. I've been working in Australia and Spain and England. When I was only 15 or 16, 1 was performing in bars; I could have had legal problems, but it's also the only way to get to know what music is all about.

  Andy Gibb

  Australia, Years, Spain

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• It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So much so that I thought that the people responsible in London were acting in a manner that no longer coincided with British imperial interests.

  John Amery

  Russia, People, Acting

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• I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.

  Kate Adie

  Girl, Teacher, Nice

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