31 Quotes About Great-britain
- Author John Galsworthy
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Most of our caste in this country, if they only knew it, are Confucian rather than Christian. Belief in ancestors, and tradition, respect for parents, honesty, moderation of conduct, kind treatment of animals and dependents, absence of self-obtrusion, and stoicism in face of pain and death.
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- Author Jessica Dotta
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I have found that those who try to shield us from the truth, regardless of the reason, end up doing the greatest harm. Truth alone sets you free, not lies and omissions.
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- Author Susanna Clarke
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Ha!" cried Dr John contemptuously. "Magic! That is chiefly used for killing Frenchmen, is it not?
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- Author Abraham Flexner
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The new naval treaty permits the United States to spend a billion dollars on warships—a sum greater than has been accumulated by all our endowed institutions of learning in their entire history. Unintelligence could go no further! ... [In Great Britain, the situation is similar.] ... Until the figures are reversed, ... nations deceive themselves as to what they care about most.
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- Author Todd McFarlane
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This is an odd one. You have one country in the world where a word has a deeper meaning, it can really mess with design plans. ...But we have a difficult situation here so I guess we'll be looking at putting different sound chips in the dolls heading there [Britain].
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- Author Kevin Cole
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So,” he throttled shift knob into fifth gear half a block from a stop sign, “you’re from Great Britain.”“Yes. England. The North. Sheffield.”“Why you guys drive on the left?”“Obviously, because it’s right.”“I’m being serious.”“Are you?”“I’m askin, aren’t I?”“I don’t know. Tradition, I suppose.”“That’s a dumb-ass reason.”“Then perhaps you should start driving on the left.
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- Author Karl Wiggins
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Policies should also offer a solution. What a concept! Imagine that! A policy that sorted out all the shit in this country once and for all
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- Author Stewart Stafford
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In the vastness of the United States of America, the island nation Britain found the perfect vessel into which to pour its continental-sized hubris and ambition.
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- Author Karl Wiggins
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For the most part policy-makers are too nervous about offending people, yet when BRITAIN really was GREAT that was the last thought on our minds.
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