#britain

The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn't make a profit, it's invalid, and art doesn't make a profit in that sense. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#art #arts #britain #certainly #education

Crossrail is a prime example of infrastructure. It is a rather deadly word, but I think it is exciting stuff, the civil engineering which makes Britain tick - the bridges, tunnels, power and water networks, which bind us together. ↗

— Evan Davis

#bridges #britain #civil #deadly #engineering

I am an American. I adore Britain and have a strong English half, but my roots are here in the U.S. - it is not a matter of choice; it is simply fact. ↗

— Jennifer Ehle

#am #american #britain #choice #english

In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today. ↗

— Buchi Emecheta

#britain #deal #exist #i #many

Yesterday, the president met with a group he calls the coalition of the willing. Or, as the rest of the world calls them, Britain and Spain. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#calls #coalition #group #met #president

We are not in Afghanistan for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th-century country. We are there so the people of Britain and our global interests are not threatened. ↗

— Liam Fox

#britain #broken #country #education #global

What began as a revolt in response to the King of Great Britain's repeated injuries against the colonies, soon became a passionate and glorious call to fight for the beginnings of a new country. ↗

— John Linder

#became #began #beginnings #britain #call

Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters. ↗

— John Major

#clever #could #defect #half #many

I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community. ↗

— John Major

#community #european #i #punch #want

If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years. ↗

— John Major

#afghan #ago #back #britain #come