“I'm a pro! No, what I mean is I have performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England. I have been all over the place. I have studied theatre for seven years.” YearsMeanHas BeensCompanyEnglandSevenTheatreRoyalSeven Years Author:Kunal Nayyar
“It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.” LongParentActingCompanyCareersPlayerFeetLandStageIndiaEnglandPerformingCourtesyUp And Down Author:Felicity Kendal
“My uncle was the first brown person to have a market stall on Petticoat Lane in the 1960s. He worked his way up from the street. He was homeless, but eventually he got a car so he could sell from the boot. And by the 1980s, he was a millionaire wholesaling to companies like Topshop. So in a way, fashion put me in England.” WayFirstsPersonsCompanyStreetsFashionCarEnglandSellsBrownBootsHomelessUncles1960sMillionaireLanesTopshop Author:M.I.A.
“In England, I was quite struck to see how forward the girls are made--a child of 10 years old, will chat and keep you company, while her parents are busy or out etc.--with the ease of a woman of 26. But then, how does this education go on?--Not at all: it absolutely stops short.” YearsChildrenDoeMadeGirlParentWomenEducationCompanyGoes OnEnglandBusyEaseEtc Author:Fanny Burney
“Undoubtedly Internet has reduced the possibilities of taxation. Why should I buy something here if I can buy it from a company in Japan or England or Brazil with a lower tax?” IfsShouldI CanCompanyPossibilityInternetTaxesEnglandJapanShould ITaxationBrazil Author:Milton Friedman
“On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they [the Colonies] raised their flag against a power to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome in the height of her glory is not to be compared,-a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.” WholeEarthPurposeSufferingHoursCompanyPrinciplesMorningPowerSunAirMilitaryBeatsGloryEnglandRaisedFollowingPossessionSurfaceCirclesPostsHeightRomeFlagsGlobesStrainConquestColonyUnbrokenAfarSubjugationDrum Beats Author:Daniel Webster
“My first time acting for camera really was for Steven Spielberg in War Horse. I was trained in theater and I was actually working in theater at the time. I had a small role with the Royal Shakespeare Company, which is a huge prestigious theater company back in England. I honestly thought that was as good as it got.” FirstsWarActingCompanyRolesHugeFirst TimeHorseEnglandTheaterCamerasHonestlyRoyalPrestigiousSmall RolesWar Horse Author:Jeremy Irvine