"People in London think of London as the center of the world, whereas New Yorkers think the world ends three miles outside of Manhattan."
"In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America."
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Source: Forever Young. Interview With Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2006.
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