#gland

In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum. ↗

— John Carpenter

#director #england #filmmaker #germany #horror

He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?" He sounded faintly sad. Perhaps he finds beauty saddening — I do myself sometimes. Once when I was quite little I asked father why this was and he explained that it was due to our knowledge of beauty's evanescence, which reminds us that we ourselves shall die. Then he said I was probably too young to understand him; but I understood perfectly. ↗

— Dodie Smith

#england #nature #beauty

At the Imperial Conference on December 1, it was decided to make war against England and the United States. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#conference #december #decided #england #imperial

In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton. ↗

— Thomas Day

#fortune #gentleman #large #lived #name

You have the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterians, the Wesleyans, represented in each school, and they are each to take alternate days. ↗

— Charles Tupper

#catholic #catholic church #church #days #each

Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#artist #believe #england #everyone #here

I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count my student years. ↗

— Terri Windling

#count #england #i #last #living

Since fantasy isn't about technology, the accelleration has no impact at all. But it's changed the lives of fantasy writers and editors. I get to live in England and work for a New York publisher! ↗

— Terri Windling

#changed #editors #england #fantasy #get

When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from British folklore to Celtic music. That was always where my passions were as a young girl, and so I studied folklore as a college student in England and Ireland. ↗

— Terri Windling

#always #british #celtic #celtic music #college

Yeah, we went to England to do a show and I got off the plane and I couldn't write my name or hold my hand up. ↗

— Johnny Winter

#got #hand #hold #i #name