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To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.
Alvin Toffler
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I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail.
Henry Louis Mencken
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When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford
Samuel Johnson
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When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford
Samuel Johnson
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If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.
Peter Shaffer
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I`m leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it`s not raining.
Groucho Marx
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I grew up in northern Sweden in a very small village and this is exactly the same. It`s very strange. It`s two hundred small villages linked together. Living here as compared to living in Tokyo, where I lived, or in London or New York, this is so much mor...
Peter Stormare
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It`s very strange, when you live in London or live around London and get the music papers you are led to believe that there is a certain type of music that is popular and everything else is not.
Phil Collins
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It`s very strange, when you live in London or live around London and get the music papers you are led to believe that there is a certain type of music that is popular and everything else is not.
Phil Collins
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Well, my parents were working people. You just worked. I`ve always wanted a long career, not an instant one. I left Rada, I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and came to the National Theatre. What`s better than that? I don`t know what`s b...
Imelda Staunton
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I`m very happy here [in London] and I really like the way the film industry works, everybody cares. I like that it doesn`t have this big capitalistic feeling. When you do something in L.A. you really feel the crew are punching the clock.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Keywords: and :: are :: big :: capitalistic :: cares :: clock :: crew :: do :: doesn :: everybody :: feel :: feeling :: film :: happy :: have :: here :: in :: industry :: it :: like :: london :: punching :: really :: something :: that :: the :: this :: very :: way :: when :: works :: youSource: imdb.com
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They`ve been running Deer Hunter like crazy on Bravo. And here is the whole goddamned Congress singing `God Bless America` on the steps of the US Capitol. I said, `Holy shit, this is the ending of the movie.` (on The Deer Hunter (1978) in hindsight, post-...
Michael Cimino
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I`m always afraid someone`s going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, `Back to North London`.
Alan Parker
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You can`t go to London and not start drinking Guinness. And I have been known to eat fried fish and French fries. When in Rome - right?
Madonna Ciccone
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[interview on her 50th birthday, London Times, Sept. 28, 1984] I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.
Brigitte Bardot
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I have a home in LA and one in London. The be honest, I spend most of my time in LA. The past 14 months, I`ve only been in the UK for about 15 days and probably about 2 months in LA. There`s not that much filming goes on there so you end up going all over...
Luke Goss
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[Talking to critics about her reviews for "The Mask of Virtue" (1935), her second play on the London stage] "It`s much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh."
Vivien Leigh
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In the political climate, this whole political correctness thing bugs me like mad. I was so upset when they said they were going to call the lights in London winter lights. I`m saying, "Hello, I`ve got friends who are Asian, I wish them Happy Diwali, they...
Cliff Richard
Keywords: are :: asian :: bugs :: call :: climate :: correctness :: diwali :: friends :: going :: got :: happy :: hello :: in :: lights :: like :: london :: mad :: me :: political :: said :: saying :: so :: the :: them :: they :: thing :: this :: to :: upset :: ve :: was :: were :: when :: who :: whole :: winter :: wishSource: imdb.com
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Wherever I go the real hard-core drug dealers come up to me and confide in me. I almost feel guilty turning around and saying: `Ello, mate. My name`s Idris and I`m from London.` I don`t want to break the illusion. - On why he uses his American accent when...
Idris Elba
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I hate going to places like Soho House [a trendy London members` club] where everyone is an actor who knows everyone else. If you are all actors how are you going to expand your mind?`
Romola Garai
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I have no home. I`m kind of placed in London, but Paris is where my boyfriend is. My parents are in Toronto and I work in New York and India a lot. That makes me a bit of a chameleon, and frankly, I like that.
LisaRaye McCoy
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[Her explanation for bringing excess luggage to London in 1969 for her year long stint on stage as `Mame`] "I believe in dressing for the occasion. There`s a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz. As for the little touche...
Ginger Rogers
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(November 2006) Accepted Guinness World Record award for Greatest Album of all time, at London`s Earls Court.
Michael Jackson
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[On shooting in London, 2004] In the United States things have changed a lot, and it`s hard to make good small films now. There was a time in the 1950s when I wanted to be a playwright, because until that time movies, which mostly came out of Hollywood, w...
Woody Allen
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When I was in London I saw Ralph Fiennes in "Brandt". My mother and I went to the stage door, because we were so blown away by it. We were just gushing American fans. And then this guy went, Omigod, Jeremy Piven!" And he started giving it up in a very un-...
Jeremy Piven
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I`m an adaptable nomad. I love Paris, I`ve been living in Los Angeles and New York since 1990. I love London, too. My roots are inside of me.
Julie Delpy
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I want any excuse to come home. My dad is not a spring chicken any more. If anyone says, go buy a postage stamp in London, I`ll go and do it.
Emily Mortimer
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The few times I saw him perform in London at UFO and the Marquee clubs during the `60s will forever be etched in my mind. He was so charismatic and such a startlingly original songwriter. Also, along with Anthony Newley, he was the first guy I`d heard to ...
David Bowie
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I adore London and Paris, and I hope to live in London for a period of time when I`m older.
Michelle Trachtenberg
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I adore London and Paris, and I hope to live in London for a period of time when I`m older.
Michelle Trachtenberg
