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"Historically, the British have always been rather wary of grand engineering projects - perhaps understandably, given that many of them have been delivered late and over budget."
"The people who tend to raise antiwar slogans will do so generally when it's American or British interests involved."
"You are part of our Great British family."
"I grew up with British rock."
"I am Scottish. I am also British."
"I am confident that the British people will not be intimidated by terrorism."
"I don't have a good British accent."
"The British civil service ... is a beautifully designed and effective braking mechanism."
"I like to be comfortable, but I do enjoy being a British gent and dressing up a bit."
"Anyone that knows me knows what I'm about, and I'm very much a British actor, a European actor."
"Ireland really is my problem; the breaking point of the huge suppuration which all British and all European society now is"
"No agreement between the British and Muslims can affect me. An agreement between Hindus and Muslims alone will affect me."
"My attitude towards the British is one of utter friendliness and respect."
"The Indian struggle is not anti-British, it is anti-exploitation, anti-foreign rule, not anti-foreigners."
"The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe."
"India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before."
"The Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of course, language."
"I love Britain, I lived there for nine years doing shows and things, but I don't know what a British sensibility is. I'd like to have someone tell me what an American sensibility is."
"The British are absolutely hung up on class, and whenever they start to really - class for the English is like sex for Americans: They start to shake all over when the subject comes up."
"The British press has been unfair to me and the public has followed."
