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Birmingham Quotes

Tom Holt quote: " . . Birmingham City Council was playing third time lucky with..."
. . . Birmingham City Council was playing third time lucky with the design of the city's celebrated Victoria Square . . . Tom Holt
Note for Americans and other aliens: Milton Keynes is a new city approximately halfway between London and Birmingham. It was built to be modern, efficient, healthy, and, all in all, a pleasant place to live. Many Britons find this amusing. Neil Gaiman
Martin Luther King jr. quote: "The ultimate tragedy of Birmingham was not the brutality of..."
The ultimate tragedy of Birmingham was not the brutality of the bad people, but the silence of the good people. Martin Luther King jr.
The only gig I can remember playing in those very early days — and I think it was with Rare Breed, but it could have been under a different name, with different band members, ’cos line-ups changed so often back then — was the Birmingham Fire Station’s Christmas party. The audience consisted of two firemen, a bucket and a ladder. We made enough dough for half a shandy (beer mixed with lemonade), split six ways. Ozzy Osbourne
While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself. Roland Gift
I'm in the process of brainstorming with my marketing team and all that stuff, trying to come up with a concept for a late-night restaurant for people in Birmingham. Ruben Studdard
When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it. Willie Mays
Willie Mays quote: "I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at..."
I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days. Willie Mays
At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports. Willie Mays
It's not like, I don't know, if Madonna has a new record out, then everybody from Bangkok to Birmingham knows what its called and can buy it the same week. But our stuff is not in that mass market. Evan Parker
This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to any research project that I have undertaken. Paul Nurse
After an extensive interview he arranged for my weaknesses in foreign languages to be over-looked and so I started a Biology degree at Birmingham in 1967. Paul Nurse
Winston Churchill quote: "Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it..."
Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham. Winston Churchill
Lee Child quote: "I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and..."
I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. Lee Child
In Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool there are white gangs that share the same backgrounds - they come from broken homes, completely dysfunctional, mums for the most part unable to cope, the fathers of these kids completely not in the scene. Iain Duncan Smith

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