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England is a nation of shopkeepers.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about nation

For me there's nothing better than putting the white shirt on for England and playing for England. I'd get worried if I wasn't like that.

Quote by Michael J. Owen about opinion, nothing

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy, plot, earth

It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue.

Quote by Charles Babbage about education, science

That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine.

Quote by Charles Babbage about opinion, authority, science

The pursuit of science does not, in England, constitute a distinct profession, as it does in many other countries.

Quote by Charles Babbage about country, science

I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can't afford the ticket prices.

Quote by Lester Bangs about things

I welcome him like I welcome cold sores. He's from England, he's angry and he's got Mad Power Disease.

Quote by Paula Abdul about power

In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about hypocrisy, virtue

For Cider House Rules, I was doing a New England accent.

Quote by Michael Caine about rules, home, house

In England, my father was a comparatively successful artist. In America, he was not.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about artists

I was pleased we still had shops in England instead of supermarkets.

Quote by Julie Christie about stores

I was surprised to see people in England wearing clothes that didn't look as if they'd just come from the dry cleaners but as if they might have been worn for more than one day.

Quote by Julie Christie about clothes, day, people

When one relationship was breaking up very unhappily, and there didn't seem to be another one around the corner, I went back to England.

Quote by Julie Christie

I love England and the historical aspect of it.

Quote by Dennis Farina about love

I think England has served me very well. I like living in London for the reasons I gave. I have absolutely no intentions of cutting those ties. There is absolutely no reason to do so. Certainly not, so that I can have a swimming pool and a palm tree.

Quote by Colin Firth about reason

It's easy for me to be a Scotsman because of the overwhelming feeling of most people in Scotland of being subservient to England and therefore having a chip on our shoulder.

Quote by Bill Forsyth about being, people

As I absorbed life here and understood it better, I just completely fell in love with England.

Quote by Gwyneth Paltrow about teaching, love, life

Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.

Quote by Francis Parkman about nature

I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what...

Quote by Andy Partridge about heroism, brain, football