“The standard has gone up, whether that's down to the split divisions or more professionalism. People are raising the bar and wanting to emulate the England team.” PeopleGoneTeamStandardsEnglandBarsDivisionSplitsProfessionalismEmulateRaising The Bar Author:Stuart Law
“We may put too high a premium on speech from platform and pulpit, at the bar and in the legislative hall, and pay dear for the whistle of our endless harangues. England and especially Germany, are less loquacious, and attend more to business. We let the eagle, and perhaps too often the peacock, scream.” MayPaySpeechEnglandDearEndlessBarsGermanyHallsScreamPlatformsEaglesEloquencePulpitPremiumPeacock Author:Bill Vaughan
“I had already been a young singer. And once, as a profession, I was a young singer, what you would call a soprano in England, but I was an alto in singing Jewish music in bar mitzvahs and weddings and synagogues throughout New York City because, after Israel, New York is probably the biggest Jewish community in the world.” WorldYoungCommunityCitiesNew YorkSingingEnglandIsraelProfessionSingersBarsNew York CitySopranosSynagogueJewish CommunityBar MitzvahMitzvah Author:Charlemagne Palestine
“In America, fundamentalist Christians believe the world was created 6,000 years ago - in England people drink in bars that are older than that.” PeopleWorldYearsBelieveChristianAmericaDrinkYears AgoEnglandBarsFundamentalist Author:Steve Aylett
“Most people, when they imagine New England, think about old colonial homes, white houses with black shutters, whales, and sexually morbid WASPs with sensible vehicles and polite political opinions. This is incorrect. If you want to get New England right, just imagine a giant mullet in paint-stained pants and a Red Sox hat being pushed into the back of a cruiser after a bar fight.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantHomePoliticalFightingHouseBlackWhiteOpinionImagineRedEnglandPaintBarsGiantsHatsWhite HouseSensiblePantsVehiclePoliteSexuallyWhalesMorbidNew EnglandShuttersWaspsPolitical OpinionsMullets Author:Matt Taibbi