#britain

The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather. ↗

— Hugh Grant

#filmmaking #moral #screwed #weather #will

The idea seems to be to use the next treaty talks to strike a grand bargain: Britain will be helpful to those states wishing to establish a fiscal union among themselves if, in exchange, we can amicably derogate from the aspects of the EU which we dislike. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

#aspects #bargain #britain #dislike #establish

All of Britain's aid is spent in Britain's national interests, and some of it contributes to Britain's national security as well. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#britain #contributes #interests #national #national interests

Britain, today, educates 4.8 million primary school children in Britain. And we educate five million primary school children around the developing world, at a cost of 2.5 per cent of what we spend on British children. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#britain #british #cent #children #cost

I couldn't speak Japanese very well, passport regulations were changing, I felt British, and my future was in Britain. And it would also make me eligible for literary awards. But I still think I'm regarded as one of their own in Japan. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#awards #britain #british #changing #eligible

Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen? ↗

— Tom Sizemore

#am #britain #famous #fan #fan mail

Britain is a very small country with a very large press. ↗

— David Hockney

#country #large #press #small #very

Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant. ↗

— David Attenborough

#britain #broadcaster #course #government #grant

When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#expectation #going #increase #invaded #iraq

In the 21st century, I think it's fair to say, homosexuality is more accepted in Britain and it's wonderful that my generation has been able to grow up with that. ↗

— Dan Stevens

#able #accepted #been #britain #century