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“The grave is Heaven's golden gate, And rich and poor around it wait; O Shepherdess of England's fold, Behold this gate of pearl and gold!”

Heaven Waiting Poor Rich Gold England Graves Golden Gates Pearls Folds Rich And Poor

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“England is the only civilised country in the world where it is etiquette to fall on the food like a wolf the moment it is served. Elsewhere it is comme il faut to wait until everybody has helped himself to everything and until everything on everybody's plate is stone cold.”

World Country Moments Fall Waiting Cold Stones England Manners Elsewhere Plates Etiquette Civilised Stone Cold

Author:Virginia Graham

“Nine people out of ten (in Germany and England, perhaps ten people) would rather wait for their rights than fight for their rights.”

People Fighting Waiting Change Rights Ten England Nine Germany

Author:Sylvia Townsend Warner

“England still waits for the supreme moment of her literature--for the great poet who shall voice her, or, better still, for the thousand little poets whose voices shall pass into our common talk.”

Littles Stills Moments Poetry Literature Waiting Voice Common Poet Thousand England Supreme Great Poet

Book:Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated)

“Why doesn't the United States take over the monarchy and unite with England? England does have important assets. Naturally the longer you wait, the more they will dwindle. At least you could use it for a summer resort instead of Maine.”

Doe Important States Use Waiting United United States Summer England Assets Resorts Monarchy Maine

Author:W. H. Auden

“In England, there's a lot of people producing their own work and becoming producers and filmmakers, so they're not constantly waiting around. It can be very scarce for work, so it's important to create the work.”

People Important Waiting Becoming England Producers Filmmaker Scarce Waiting Around

Author:Aml Ameen

“Just take ease of interchange between people. Your email is of course faster than letter - on the other hand the transition from sailing ship to telegraphs was far greater than the shift from the postal service to email. That was a fabulous change. If you sent a letter to England, instead of waiting a couple of months for a response you got it instantly. That's a huge change. Every one of these changes of course increases opportunities and also increases means of control and domination.”

“The big change, the really radical change in communication, was in the late 19th century. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph is astronomical. Everything since then has been small increments, including the internet. So you don't have to wait for a letter to get to England in six weeks, you have almost instant communication. That was an enormous shift.”

“If you don't like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes.”

Ifs Waiting Minutes England Weather New England

Author:Mark Twain

“... He went under the stars, and the tender light of the moon, when it hung like an eyelash and the tree trunks shone like bones. He walked through wind and weather, and beneath sun-bleached skies. It seemed to Harold that he had been waiting all his life to walk. He no longer knew how far he had come, but only that he was going forward. The pale Cotswold stone became the red brick of Warwickshire, and the land flattened into middle England. Harold reached his hand to his mouth to brush away a fly, and felt a beard growing in thick tufts. Queenie would live. He knew it.”

Hands Light Stars Felt Waiting Walks Sun Growing Tree Sky Land Middle Wind Moon Mouths Red Stones England Bones Weather Thick Pale Hung Brushes Bricks Beard Trunks Eyelashes Tree Trunks

Author:Rachel Joyce

“In New England, farmers say, "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute!" Meaning, of course, that New England weather is constantly changing. This is like the brain and its mind.”

Ifs Mind Courses Waiting Brain Minutes England Weather Farmers New England

Book:The Dream Drugstore: Chemically Altered States of Consciousness

Source: The Dream Drugstore: Chemically Altered States of Consciousness

“I was 17, and all I wanted to do was to get away from England and the awful, boring boarding schools I'd been going to there. The last one was taught by monks, and I couldn't wait to get out.”

Wanted School Lasts Waiting Taught England Boring Awful Get Away Monk

Author:Jared Harris