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I believe that all novels, ... deal with character, and that it is to express character? not to preach doctrines, sing songs, or celebrate the glories of the British Empire, that the form of the novel, so clumsy, verbose, and undramatic, so rich, elastic, and alive, has been evolved ... The great novelists have brought us to see whatever they wish us to see through some character. Otherwise they would not be novelists, but poet, historians, or pamphleteers. Ursula K. Le Guin
Dave Mustaine quote: "The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from..."
The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Dave Mustaine
Graeme Murphy quote: "I mean, I think in the early days we were pretty... pretty..."
I mean, I think in the early days we were pretty... pretty British in our entertainment leads. Graeme Murphy
Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality. Rupert Murdoch
I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent 10 years in British prisons. In the evening, in our living room, the only subject we used to discuss was politics. So politics was not unfamiliar to me. Pranab Mukherjee
Lord Mountbatten quote: "In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society."
In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society. Lord Mountbatten
Something is happening to Britain and the British. Or has happened. We are said to be passing through a transition, or a turning point, or a transformation; nobody is quite sure which. Ferdinand Mount
The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now quite enormous, wasteful and useless 'royal' family. I find it very sad. Steven Morrissey
If you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you won't hear an English accent. You'll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent. Steven Morrissey
I didn't really see the British punk movement, if that's what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to all the New York music since 1973, really. Steven Morrissey
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. Steven Morrissey
Giorgio Moroder quote: "I am certainly not racist; I even like the British."
I am certainly not racist; I even like the British. Giorgio Moroder
Robert Morley quote: "The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the..."
The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters. Robert Morley
Roger Moore quote: "I'm proud to be British."
I'm proud to be British. Roger Moore
As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week. George J. Mitchell

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