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“When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 years ago.”

Way Years Found Father Years Ago England British Kenya

Author:Louis Leakey

“I believe there is no liturgy in the world, either in ancient or modern language, which breathes more of a solid, scriptural, rational piety, than the Common Prayer of the Church of England. And though the main of it was compiled considerably more than two hundred years ago, yet is the language of it, not only pure, but strong and elegant in the highest degree.”

Source: John Wesley's The Book of Common Prayer

“Many years ago, when I was once saying sadly to Max it was a pity I couldn't have taken up archaeology when I was a girl, so as to be more knowledgeable on the subject, he said, 'Don't you realize that at this moment you know more about prehistoric pottery than any woman in England?'”

Knows Years Said Moments Girl Realizing Taken Subjects Years Ago England Pity Max Knowledgeable Archaeology Pottery Prehistoric

Book:Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

Source: Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

“Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties.”

Years America Three Religious Hundred Years Ago England Forty Ancestor Eighteen New England Abolitionist

Author:Pete Seeger

“In America, fundamentalist Christians believe the world was created 6,000 years ago - in England people drink in bars that are older than that.”

People World Years Believe Christian America Drink Years Ago England Bars Fundamentalist

Author:Steve Aylett

“I love Dylan. I only met him once, about three years ago, back at the Kettle of Fish on MacDougal Street. That was before I went to England. I think both of us were pretty drunk at the time, so he probably doesn’t remember it.”

Thinking Years Remember Three Streets Mets Years Ago England Fishes Drunk Three Years Dylan Kettles

Author:Jimi Hendrix

“Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago from now, thats 1990, and that seems like yesterday to me.”

Ifs Thinking Years War Seems Years Ago England Ancient Yesterday Our Family 1960s Ancient History

Author:Kazuo Ishiguro

“A few years ago England would have struggled to beat the Eskimos”

Years Beats Years Ago England

Author:Ian Botham

“A thousand years ago the Chinese had an entirely codified kitchen while the French were still gnawing on bones. Chopsticks have been around since the fourth century B.C. Forks didn't show up in England until 1611, and even then they weren't meant for eating but just to hold the meat still while you hacked at it with your knife.”

Years Has Beens Stills Shows Century Thousand Eating Years Ago England Bones Chinese Meat Kitchen Knives Fourth Thousand Years Forks Hacked Chopsticks

Author:Ruth Reichl