#british

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After that he turned to the question of invading England. Hitler said that during the previous year he could not afford to risk a possible failure; apart from that, he had not wished to provoke the British, as he hoped to arrange peace talks.


Kurt Student


#after #apart #arrange #british #could

For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them actually in the British lines. The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops, which was another handicap that contributed to our excessive casualties.


Kurt Student


#another #british #casualties #containers #contributed

I'm proud to be British.


Roger Moore


#i #proud

I loved history, particularly of the British, American and Old Testament kind.


Luke Ford


#british #history #i #kind #loved

The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too little originality.


Alexis Korner


#bar #been #blues #british #emotional

The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters.


Alexis Korner


#blues #british #development #johnny #movement

My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculous. Maybe it's because I'm British. To me, Julia Roberts that's a movie star. But when people do call me one, that, I think, is an enormous compliment but, my God, is that a responsibility!


Kate Winslet


#british #call #compliment #embarrassed #enormous

To be able to hold all four majors - the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA - all concurrently I think is the Grand Slam. But a lot of people have a different opinions on that. People think you have to win it in the same calendar year.


Tiger Woods


#british #british open #calendar #concurrently #different

So I don’t think I’ll make Poet Laureate, but I swear I’m not twisted and bitter, If finely-wrought talents don’t weigh in the balance, I can always write haiku on Twitter.


Rosy Cole


#contemporary-poets #new-releases #poetry #quotes #rosy-cole

The British have given me good support for the last 8 years and have always believed in me.


Jonathan Brown


#believed #british #given #good #last