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Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
I never had a black teacher or lecturer, I never once met a black British person who held any sort of professional or managerial role.
My parents came from lower-class British backgrounds. But they worked hard and, without formal education, made it where they are today.
I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long.
There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.
For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa.
I'm not British. I'm not American. I'm not French. Whatever thing they practise, that is their business. I am an African. I am Rwandese.
Not surprisingly, there is a cultural divide between American and British actors regarding the self-promotion associated with new media.
The best thing about a British winter is the cold weather, real fires, frosty mornings. I love living somewhere that has proper seasons.
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
The British climate, although it is very wet, it is quite mild in winter. We don't get these severe - generally don't get severe winters.
When it comes to the British monarchy, I prefer to be seduced by an image than presented with a real person. It's kind of a Warhol thing.
I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art.
Most British cheeses are now vegetarian and are labelled accordingly. However, French and Italian manufacturers still tend to use rennet.
The British press has an insatiable appetite for making public things that should be private. It's a prurience that I've never understood.
As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it.
The British are very stubborn. The Queen, the Commonwealth, and the special relationship with the U.S. is much more important than Europe.
Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre.
The British audience was very important to me. I have always looked away from American to non-American audiences and so this was important.
In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have.
The setting of 'Billy Elliot' is the British miners' strike of 1984-85, about which the average American playgoer knows absolutely nothing.
The social safety net was created by a united society in the aftermath of the Second World War. It came out of a British sense of fairness.
I'm actually half Brit and half American. I have a British father and an American mother, but as far as I'm aware, no Middle Eastern blood.
I love 'Splash!' and 'Take Me Out.' Not that I'd ever do 'Splash!' It's the parading on British TV in a swimming costume I couldn't handle.
My experience in relation to taking on the preachers of hate was saying to them it's compatible being British, being Western, being Muslim.
I am a black British female artist, so I must be like Ms Dynamite, I must be like Shystie, I must be like Jamelia, but we're all different.
I never felt I could be a complete professional without having won the British Open. It was something you had to do to complete your career.
It's weird, because usually if you're British and you go to America you play baddies; but I play naughty people here and goodies in America.
I'm a huge, huge fan of almost everything British. I love 'The Office' - I was a faithful follower of that show before the American version.
Contrary to popular belief, Oxford has the highest concentration of dull-witted, stupid, narrow-minded people anywhere in the British Isles.
The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.
I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.
Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people.
But, you know, the Stones were my opening act in the Sixties. I loved those British guys, the way they just stood there and shook their hair.
There is always going to be competition from other countries and different venues who want to host a race, but the British GP is a must have.
The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.
The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success.
London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything you want, really.
I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do it well. It would be insulting.
British women can be slightly more reserved; Scottish are a little more crazy and fun, and American are more forthright, which I really enjoy.
It is unthinkable to have a British countryside that doesn't have actual functioning farmers riding tractors, cows in fields, things like that.
Traditional British desserts with lots of custard are my biggest weakness - I particularly love the puds at St. John restaurant in East London.
Catering on planes, like on British Rail, is a standing joke, but I don't really have a problem with it. I don't quite know what people expect.
I grew up near the sea in British Columbia and San Francisco, and lived in Malibu and Fiji for years. I get uncomfortable being too far inland.
For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.
The British claim to have a special relationship with the U.S., but if you mention this in Washington, no one knows what you are talking about.
Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British nation.
If ailing British companies such as Rolls-Royce, Land Rover, British Airways and Cadbury can be turned around, there is still hope for the BBC.
Honours seem to be the nature of British life. It's horrible. Maybe I'm mad, but the older I get, the less I want to have honours loaded on me.