“I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what to say.” KnowsTryingBigsBrainBreakSawsFootballHeroMetsBeatsEnglandStudiosDrunkScotlandMy HeroRefrigeratorsFootball Match Author:Andy Partridge
“It isnt only fictional heroes to whom toast means home and comfort. It is related of the Duke of Wellington - I believe by Lord Ellesmere - that when he landed at Dover in 1814, after six years absence from England, the first order he gave at the Ship Inn was for an unlimited supply of buttered toast.” YearsFirstsBelieveMeanHomeOrderI BelieveLordHeroComfortSixEnglandAbsenceShipsRelatedUnlimitedToastsDukesInnsWellingtonDover Book:A Taste of the Sun Source: A Taste of the Sun
“Nelson's famous signal before the Battle of Trafalgar was not: "England expects that every man will be a hero." It said: "Englandexpects that every man will do his duty." In 1805 that was enough. It should still be.” MenShouldSaidStillsEnoughDutyHeroBattleEnglandEvery ManSignalsNelson Author:Johan Huizinga
“I was an ambassador for Betway during the Rugby World Cup and at the moment I'm working as an ambassador for Artemis Investment Management. I also organised the first Rugby Aid in 2015. We had celebrities playing rugby against former England team players and raised a ton of money for Rugby For Heroes [a charity for former servicemen and women]. Only one celeb got crunched quite badly - Jaime Laing from Made in Chelsea ended up with cracked ribs.” WorldFirstsMadeMomentsPlayerTeamHeroMen And WomenEnglandManagementCharityInvestmentRaisedAidsCupsFormerCrackedRugbyAmbassadorsWorld CupRibsArtemisChelseaOrganisedTeam PlayerServicemenCelebsPlaying RugbyInvestment Management Author:Mike Tindall
“My heart has always leaned towards England, and with the close friendship of Winston [Churchill], the hero who brought hope to the world, I could not imagine a happier life for myself.” WorldHeartImagineHeroMy HeartEnglandClose FriendsHappier LifeClose Friendship Author:Coco Chanel
“[J.F Kennedy] was a congressman and a senator and he would go on to be president. I had that idea as a little boy, and I used to joke to people but nobody told me that his father was ambassador to England and that he was a war hero, and he was, you know.” PeopleKnowsLittlesIdeasWarUsedFatherPresidentBoysGoes OnHeroJokesEnglandSenatorsLittle BoysAmbassadorsCongressmanWar Hero Author:Mike Pence
“What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors. It's astounding to me, for example, that so many people really appear to believe that the country was founded by a band of heroes who wanted to be free. That happens not to be true. What happened was that some people left Europe because they couldn't stay there any longer and had to go somewhere else to make it. That's all. They were hungry, they were poor, they were convicts. Those who were making it in England, for example, did not get on the Mayflower. That's how the country was settled.” PeopleBelieveCountryHappensWantedAmericaCultureLeftJusticePoorHappenedExampleIdentityHeroBandDiversityEuropeEnglandSocial JusticeSeriesMythHungryBeing TrueHeroicAncestorSomewhere ElseConvictsMayflower Author:James A. Baldwin
“He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in turn. Only England could have produced him, and he always said that the country was going to the dogs. His principles were out of date, but there was a good deal to be said for his prejudices.” SaidCountryTurnsDealsPrinciplesDogHeroPrejudiceEnglandRelationTerrorBullyingBulliedValet Book:The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde Source: The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde