“When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical out of the documentary material about the General Strike, which was the next big historical event in England, after the First World War.” WorldTryingFirstsWarBigsNextEventsMaterialsEnglandHistoricalMusicalStrikesWar Of The WorldsDocumentariesFirst World WarHistorical Events Author:Trevor Nunn
“I come from a family of pacifists, so it's not like I was going to join the war. Sweden is not like the States or England where you might get sent to Afghanistan next month.” WarStatesMightNextMonthsEnglandAfghanistanSwedenPacifist Author:Bill Skarsgard
“Although we lost it has been a great Test and one of the best I have ever played in. Hopefully the next one will be exactly the same.” Has BeensNextLostTestsEnglandHopefullyThe Next One Author:Ricky Ponting
“I was in New York when Clinton was elected the first time, and everyone I knew was in a state of mad euphoria. I wondered what had happened to my hard-headed friends? Almost everyone I knew was drunk on this great white hope. The next time I was in New York, no one had a good word to say about Clinton, but everyone was in love with Hillary. She was the last word. It's all so unreal. Of course, it's no different in England. Here everyone was besotted with Tony Blair. He was a new face. Do people never learn?” PeopleFirstsDifferentHardStatesLastsFacesCoursesNextWhiteHappenedNew YorkFirst TimeEnglandMadClintonDrunkNext TimeLast WordsUnrealBlairEuphoriaGood WordsNew Faces Author:Doris Lessing
“People get a bad impression of it [the English climate] by continually trying to treat it as if it was a bank clerk, who ought to be on time on Tuesday next, instead of philosophically seeing it as a painter, who may do anything so long as you don't try to predict what.” PeopleIfsTryingMayLongNextSeeingOughtTreatsEnglandClimateImpressionWeatherPainterTuesdayClerksBad Impression Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“Faith in God, faith in man, faith in work: this is the short formula in which we may sum up the teachings of the founders of New England,--a creed ample enough for this life and the next.” MenMayEnoughFaithNextTeachingEnglandThis LifeFormulasFaith In GodCreedsFoundersNew England Book:Among my Books, etc Source: Among my Books, etc
“I met my wife, Jennifer, while sitting next to her on the airplane on the way to England. I was heading to Oxford as a Marshall scholar.” WayNextWifeMetsSittingEnglandMy WifeScholarAirplaneHeadingsOxfordJennifer Author:Derek Kilmer
“And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self preservation and defense.” FirstsSelfLawCoursesNextIndividualJusticeRightsSubjectsArmsKingsEnglandCourtDefenseAdministrationEntitledPreservationParliamentGrievanceSelf PreservationIndividual RightsRedress Book:Commentaries on the Laws of England: Of the Rights of People Source: Commentaries on the Laws of England: Of the Rights of People
“When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.” MenNextLeftRoomsSittingEnglandCharismaDiningDining RoomsGladstoneDisraeli Author:Benjamin Disraeli
“There is some evidence that average wave heights are slowly rising, and that freak waves of eighty or ninety feet are becoming more common. Wave heights off the coast of England have risen an average of 25 percent over the past couple of decades, which converts to a twenty-foot increase in the highest waves over the next half century. One cause may be the tightening of environmental laws, which has reduced the amount of oil flushed into the oceans by oil tankers.” MayPastLawNextCausesWaterCommonHalfFeetCenturyAmountCoupleBecomingOceanHighestPercentEvidenceIncreaseEnglandTwentiesEnvironmentalAverageWaveOilDecadesHeightRisingFreakCoastNinetyEightyRisenOver The PastBecoming More Author:Sebastian Junger
“You get a bad result one week and it's a natural reaction to go out in the next game and put it behind you and do well.” WellsNextGamesNaturalResultsBehindsWeekEnglandReactionsBehind You Author:Rio Ferdinand
“At this club, all I see is great backing all the way down for me and I will be judged on results like the next man. (on being Manchester City manager)” MenWayNextResultsCitiesEnglandClubsManagersJudgedManchesterManchester City Author:Stuart Pearce
“This is the best club in the world with the best fans, so I'm very proud to be a Liverpool player for the next four years and hopefully even longer.” WorldYearsNextFourPlayerFansProudEnglandClubsHopefullyFour YearsLiverpool Author:Jamie Carragher
“In America, if your next-door neighbor has a Rolls-Royce, you want one too. But in England, if your neighbor has a Rolls-Royce, you want him to die in a fiery accident. That's a quote from someone else, but there's something about American optimism, that feeling you can do anything if you're at least middle class in America. If I can have a writing career, anyone can. There's nothing special about me.” IfsWantWritingI CanFeelingsAmericaDiesNextCan DoClassCareersDoorsMiddleSpecialOptimismEnglandAccidentsNeighborMiddle ClassFieryWant HimRolls RoyceNext Door Neighbors Author:David Sedaris
“If any religion had a chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam.” IfsYearsNextChanceHundredEuropeEnglandIslamRuling Author:George Bernard Shaw
“The Mogadorian caught Number One in Malaysia, Number Two in England, And Number Three in Kenya. I am Number Four. I am next..." - I AM NUMBER FOUR” TwoThreeNextNumbersFourEnglandCaughtKenyaMalaysiaNumber Three Author:Pittacus Lore
“Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?], any man might instantly use what another had invented; so that the inventor had no special advantage from his own invention. The patent system changed this; secured to the inventor, for a limited time, the exclusive use of his invention; and thereby added the fuel of interest to the fire of genius, in the discovery and production of new and useful things.” MenCountryUseMightLawScienceNextInterestFireSpecialChangedGeniusDiscoveryAdvantageConstitutionEnglandProductionsInventionFuelAdoptionExclusiveInventorAnother ManPatentsSecuredUseful ThingsLimited TimeDiscovery And InventionPatent Law Author:Abraham Lincoln
“I think the [New England] Patriots' season should have an asterisk next to it because everything they're accomplishing is against teams coached by people other than me.” PeopleThinkingShouldNextTeamShould HaveSeasonsEnglandPatriotNew EnglandNew England Patriots Author:Zach Braff