“In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you. In Hollywood the weatherman gets a shooting schedule from all the major studios and then figures out where he can fit in a little rain without upsetting Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer too much.” LittlesFunnyToo MuchFiguresFitMajorsRainHollywoodEnglandStudiosWeatherShootingCaliforniaUpsetSchedulesMetroWeathermenMayer Author:Bob Hope
“Then years back, when I moved to California, I happened to see a book about fashions of 19th-century Victorian England, only four pages of which was devoted to the dress of the working class.” YearsBookClassFourHappenedCenturyFashionPagesEnglandDressesMovedCaliforniaDevotedWorking Class19th CenturyBack WhenVictorian Author:Bill Vaughan
“And I know that this is prophetic: that God is going to send this mighty wave - I want everyone here to prophecy with me in Lakeland - that this mighty wave is going all the way out to California, Highway 40, coast to coast aaaaah! and we want to release that mighty Holy Ghost in. Send it all over the world. The wave is moving. The wave is moving the wave is. Come on! Catch the wave. Catch the wave in Canada. Catch it in Canada. Catch it in Australia. Catch it in England. Catch it in Asia. Catch it in Europe. Catch it all over the world.” KnowsWorldWayWantMovingHolyEuropeEnglandWaveGhostReleaseCaliforniaCanadaAustraliaProphecyCoastAsiaHighwaysHoly GhostProphetic Author:Todd Bentley
“The party cannot be competitive nationally unless it's competitive in California, Oregon, Washington, New England, Pennsylvania, along the coasts. And the problem for the party is, you can't get there from here. You can't start out where the current Republicans are and win back those places. To me, what you have to do is create a different Republican Party that can win in those places.” DifferentProblemWinningPartyRepublicanEnglandCurrentsCaliforniaRepublican PartyCoastNew EnglandPennsylvaniaOregon Author:David Brooks
“In California we froze property taxes, school size increased, test scores declined, and there was a massive middle-class white flight to private schools. We're turning into Victorian England at a very rapid rate.” SchoolWhiteClassMiddleTaxesTestsEnglandPropertyRateSizeFlightCaliforniaScoreMiddle ClassMassiveRapidsVictorianPrivate SchoolTest ScoresProperty Taxes Author:Robert Hass
“Mortal City was really influenced by geography. [The song] "The Ocean" is the Pacific Northwest. Southern California and New York also figure into songs, and Iowa. "February" is very much about New England. "Mortal City" is Philadelphia. The whole album is this anthropomorphized landscape where the metaphors live in this geography.” WholeSongCitiesFiguresNew YorkOceanEnglandMetaphorAlbumsMortalsLandscapeCaliforniaSouthernGeographyPacificPhiladelphiaFebruaryNew EnglandIowaSouthern CaliforniaPacific Northwest Author:Dar Williams
“I've always tried to write California history as American history. The paradox is that New England history is by definition national history, Mid-Atlantic history is national history. We're still suffering from that.” WritingStillsSufferingEnglandDefinitionsCaliforniaParadoxAmerican HistoryNew England Author:Kevin Starr
“I recall drinking sherry in California and dreaming of England, where I ate dalmoth and dreamed of Delhi. What is the purpose, I wonder, of all this restlessness? I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.” WorldSometimesDreamSeemsPurposeWonderMaterialsEnglandDrinkingNostalgiaWanderAround The WorldCaliforniaRecallsRestlessnessDelhiSherry Author:Vikram Seth