London Quotes - Page 23

• I spent a lot of time in London when I was growing up and I've always picked up accents without even really meaning to. It used to get me into trouble as a child.

  Christopher Guest

  Children, Growing Up, Trouble

  "Nowt so queer as folk" by Richard Grant, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2004.

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• Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.

  Fay Godwin

  Mother, Photography, Children

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• This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, Challenges, Looks

  Interview With Jim White, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2002.

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• You spend some time raising a child in London, carrying it around on one side of your body - it puts your back out!

  Matthew William Goode

  Children, Body, Sides

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've put myself forward to be involved. Whether I get picked, we'll have to wait and see. Obviously everybody is excited about it, about the Olympics coming to London and the football being played in different parts of Britain.

  Ryan Giggs

  Football, Waiting, Different

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• I came to Los Angeles and did auditions for television. I made a terrible mess of most of them and I was quite intimidated. I felt very embarrassed and went back to London. I got British television jobs intermittently between the ages of 23 and 27, but it was very patchy.

  Michael Fassbender

  Jobs, Age, Television

  "Fassbender on Fire" by Pamela McClintock, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 17, 2012.

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• I think New York is more stylish than London.

  Max Irons

  New York, Thinking, Stylish

  "Max Irons, Model/Actor, Thinks New York Is More Fashionable Than London" by Sarah Leon, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 20, 2012.

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• Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith Hooper, was invited in late 2007 by some Australian friends to make up a token Australian audience in a tiny fringe theater play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called 'The King's Speech.

  Tom Hooper

  Mother, Kings, Reading

  "Filmmaker Tom Hooper". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. January 28, 2011.

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• Dad was the first man I fell in love with. He was a very funny man. He grew up in the East End of London and was very dynamic, and I understood why my mother fell in love with him.

  Patsy Kensit

  Mother, Dad, Men

  "Patsy Kensit: My family values". Interview With Helen Carroll, www.theguardian.com. February 25, 2011.

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• The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of building, appears in some respects to have a great resemblance to St. Paul's in London.

  Karl Philipp Moritz

  Differences, Style, Church

  Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.53, BoD – Books on Demand

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• Hitchcock's got a very interesting voice; it's a very controlled, measured rhythm that's quite slow and, in that sense, also felt quite controlling in its pace. He retained something from his childhood, that London sound, as well as adopting some of the L.A. sounds... All of this helps you create the character.

  Toby Jones

  Character, Voice, Interesting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I spend plenty of time in London and it doesn't scare me, but it's a lonely place, even if you've got friends there. My job takes me all around the world, meeting lots of interesting people. But I think if I couldn't get home, if I couldn't get back to what I consider my real life I'd be frightened.

  Shirley Henderson

  Lonely, Jobs, Real

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

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• Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.

  Tadao Ando

  Cities, Paris, Looks

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• I've lost bags all over the world and had cases end up in London, Frankfurt, Los Angeles and Miami.

  Brigitte Nielsen

  Bags, World, Miami

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• Coming to New York is like a big hug, everyone is so welcoming. There's something about here, everyone makes you feel so at home. I miss my family of course, but I don't miss London that much. I was worried, but I feel really at home. Everyone says that who comes here from London, but I didn't believe them.

  Archie Panjabi

  New York, Believe, Home

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

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• Peter Hall was just organizing the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was going to be an ensemble, it was going to be in repertory, it was going to have a home in London as well as in the Midlands, and all of those things were happening at that time.

  Trevor Nunn

  Home, Ensemble, Royal

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• It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time.

  Stella McCartney

  Country, Realistic, Beats

  "Lunch with Mariella: Stella McCartney" by Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2010.

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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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• 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'd love to open a private museum in Paris, London, or New York, but I don't have the money. If I were Bill Gates or Paul Allen, the first thing I would do is build a museum.

  Jean Pigozzi

  New York, Paris, Museums

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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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• Many of my favourite hotels are in London. I like the Covent Garden Hotel and I stayed at Blakes last time I was in London. I like the feeling of warmth and homeliness that you get from both of those places.

  Diego Luna

  Garden, Feelings, Lasts

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• London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there.

  Sade Adu

  Race, Cities, People

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• London clubland divides itself between the St James's refuge for toffs, and the Conquest of Cool, for the arts and media.

  Peter York

  Art, Media, Conquest

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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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