#gland

In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong. ↗

— Ed Balls

#bank #britain #civil #civil service #consensus

I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage. ↗

— Kate Adie

#become #church #england #expected #i

I lived in England to learn English. When I went to England for the first time, it was like being on the Moon. I had no friends, I couldn't speak the language. I was very isolated. ↗

— Jean Alesi

#england #english #first #first time #friends

If you were to open up a baby's head - and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should - you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ↗

— Dave Barry

#baby #drool #enormous #find #gland

Nowadays there are too many players who can't get a contract elsewhere, who come to England and just take the money. ↗

— Rob Andrew

#contract #elsewhere #england #get #just

Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be? ↗

— Francesca Annis

#class #england #everything #lower #middle

King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France... settle your debt to the king of Heaven; return to the Maiden, who is envoy of the king of Heaven, the keys to all the good towns you took and violated in France. ↗

— Joan of Arc

#debt #duke #england #france #good

I feel I have had a very interesting life, but I am rather hoping there is still more to come. I still haven't captained the England cricket team, or sung at Carnegie Hall! ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#captained #carnegie #carnegie hall #come #cricket

There is always that age-old thing about England and America being divided by a common language. You think that because we speak English and you speak English that you're bound to understand and like everything that we do. And of course you don't. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#age-old #always #america #because #being

People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened to me 20 years ago. When I was 40 they were saying that. ↗

— Roy Ayers

#coming #england #father #happened #i