London Quotes - Page 10

• To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together.

  Oscar Pistorius

  Determination, Real, Team

  "'Blade runner' Pistorius handed dream double Olympic ticket", www.cnn.com. July 5, 2012.

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• I am also hugely excited to then be competing to defend my three Paralympic titles at the Paralympic Games. I believe we will see some amazing times posted and I am very much looking forward to what will be an incredible Olympics and Paralympics in London.

  Oscar Pistorius

  Believe, Games, Titles

  "London 2012 Olympics: Amputee Oscar Pistorius picked for men's 400m" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2012.

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• Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope that in London, their perceptions open up.

  Oscar Pistorius

  Thinking, Shoes, People

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• I believe that London is the most exciting food city in Europe.

  Wolfgang Puck

  Believe, Europe, Cities

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• I wasn't captivated by the romance of Paris or London. I love visiting, but I'd rather be in L.A.

  Edward Ruscha

  Paris, Romance, Visiting

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• I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.

  Paula Radcliffe

  Achieve

  "Paula Radcliffe starts 2012 Olympic bid in Great Manchester Run". www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2011.

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• While I was in London it was completely upside-down. I got a whole new life and it was a challenge to keep in touch with my life in Ireland, but it was great fun. Now though, I've been back home since November and gradually all connections with my HP life have been fading.

  Evanna Lynch

  Fun, Home, Challenges

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• I grew up in Los Angeles, and I've made movies all over the world... I've been in New York, Norway, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, London - I've been in all these cities, shooting away in the winter, thinking, 'People who choose to live here are insane.

  John Landis

  New York, Winter, Thinking

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• London is my home... I know what's right and wrong here, and it's nice to have somewhere familiar to go back to.

  Jude Law

  Nice, Home, Familiar

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• The way everyone in London is right up against each other makes it very real to you growing up, the fact that people have different lives to you. And that causes problems; of course it does.

  Tinie Tempah

  Growing Up, Real, People

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• I love London. I would move here. I like British people; everybody is so down to earth.

  Verne Troyer

  Moving, People, Earth

  "Verne fancies a move to England". www.dailystar.co.uk. October 08, 2009.

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• I've noticed that once you leave London you do kind of become a bit more famous. People in London are a bit too cool for school. It's not so unusual to see someone from London in the street. But outside of London people are a bit more excited to see you and come out and support you.

  David Walliams

  School, Support You, People

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

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• At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly the toast of Hollywood and London's West End. My immature wishes and naive opinions were treated with respect.

  Jack Wild

  Immature, Wish, Age

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you're from South London you feel like you're always trying to win people over, so perhaps that underdog passion comes through.

  Jessie Ware

  Passion, Winning, Always Trying

  "Jessie Ware: 'I want to be a private pop star, like Sade or Annie Lennox'" by Sam Richards, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2012.

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• Don't get me wrong - I love London, and still have an apartment there. But it is also a hard city and it wears you down.

  Rebecca Loos

  Apartment, Stills

  "Rebecca Loos says being a new mum is better than having affairs with footballers" by Jody Thompson, www.mirror.co.uk. February 23, 2010.

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• In London, I take the Tube everywhere.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Tubes

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

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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

  Eye, People, Pavement

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• My office walls are covered with autographs of famous writers - it's what my children call my 'dead author wall.' I have signatures from Mark Twain, Earnest Hemingway, Jack London, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Pearl Buck, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to name a few.

  Debbie Macomber

  Children, Wall, Names

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• I grew up in London under Thatcher and that really was disgusting. A feeding frenzy.

  Denise Mina

  Grew Up, Feeding, Disgusting

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• I used to stay up all night playing 'Resident Evil 2,' and it wouldn't stop until the sun came up. Then I'd walk outside at dawn's first light, looking at the empty streets of London, and it was like life imitating art. It felt like I'd stepped into an actual zombie apocalypse.

  Edgar Wright

  Art, Night, Light

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

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• I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.

  Rachel Weisz

  Girl, Blow, Dresses

  "Rachel Weisz Wants Botox Banned for Actors Like 'Steroids Are for Sportsmen'". www.foxnews.com. July 07, 2009.

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• I would say that I definitely play a different role with my style; I like to mix it up a bit according to wherever I am. I dress differently in New York, L.A., Paris and London.

  Rachel Zoe

  New York, Play, Paris

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• I've missed London so much for its fashion. No disrespect to the girls in Manchester, but some really do look like clones - there's a lot of hair extensions and fake tans. You're free to experiment down here.

  Kaya Scodelario

  Girl, Fashion, Hair

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• Some people have human muses - mine is a city. I feel a startling ambivalence towards London, but for better or worse my work has come utterly to depend upon it.

  Will Self

  Cities, People, Muse

  "In the beginning" by Will Self, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2007.

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• My biggest regret is that my mother didn't see me walk on to that London Palladium stage, being the star she always wanted me to be. But I always say that when she reached Heaven, she had a word with a few agents.

  Bruce Forsyth

  Mother, Stars, Regret

  "Bruce Forsyth: My family values" by Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2012.

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