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“Not the shadow of a doubt crossed my mind of the purpose for which the Count had left the theatre. His escape from us, that evening, was beyond all question the preliminary only to his escape from London. The mark of the Brotherhood was on his arm-I felt as certain of it as if he had shown me the brand; and the betrayal of the Brotherhood was on his conscience-I had seen it in his recognition of Pesca.”

Ifs Mind Purpose Certain Left Felt Doubt Arms Conscience Shadow Mark Betrayal London Theatre Recognition Evening Brands Brotherhood

Book:The Woman in White: A Novel

Source: The Woman in White: A Novel

“When I'm in London I do have the convenience of being close to St James Park which is also good for me because it gives me an excuse to get out and get some much needed exercise!”

Giving Needed Exercise Travel Give Me Excuse London Parks Stubborn Convenience

Author:David Blunkett

“I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course”

Writing Courses Subjects British London

Author:Guillermo Cabrera Infante

“I do not share the general view that market forces are the basis for political liberty. Every time I see a homeless person living in a cardboard box in London, I see that person as a victim of market forces. Everytime I see a pensioner who cannot manage, I know that he is a victim of market forces”

Knows Persons Political Force Views Liberty Share Bases Victim Boxes London Manage Homeless Cardboard Boxes

Author:Tony Benn

“I think the whole, like, cultural diversity and the arty side of London is really, really great. And how it's so historic as well.”

Thinking Wells Whole Sides Diversity London Really Great Historic Cultural Diversity

Author:Lily Allen

“Very softly, but very swiftly, Last, the man with the grey face and the staring eyes, bolted for his life, down and away from the White House. Once in the road, free from the fields and brakes, he changed his run into a walk, and he never paused or stopped, till he came with a gulp of relief into the ugly streets of the big industrial town. He made hi way to the station at once, and found that he was an hour too soon for the London express. So, there was plenty of time for breakfast; which consisted of brandy.”

Source: Delphi Collected Works of Arthur Machen (Illustrated)

“I've got fans and letters from Israel, France Germany, Sweden, London, Africa. They all saying pretty much the same thing, 'Yo, we love you, we need you, put some more music out, please!'”

Needs Fans Love You Please Letters Israel London France Germany Need You Sweden

Author:DMX

“London's where I was brought up. It's where my heart is and where I get my inspiration.”

Heart Inspiration My Heart London

Author:Alexander McQueen

“Nothing is certain in London but expense.”

Certain London Expenses

Author:William Shenstone

“London, thou art the flower of cities all! Gemme of all joy, jasper of jocunditie.”

Art Joy Cities Flower London

Author:William Dunbar

“The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane.”

Language Common Sacred London Royal Vulgar English Language Profane Barbaric Civilised

Book:The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within

Source: The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within

“It is not the walls that make the city, but the people who live within them. The walls of London may be battered, but the spirit of the Londoner stands resolute and undismayed.”

People May Spirit Cities Wall London Resolute Battered Londoners City Of London

Author:George VI

“There are two places in the world where men can most effectively disappear - the city of London and the South Seas.”

Men World Two Cities Sea South Disappear London Places In The World City Of London

Book:Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition

Source: Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition

“The truth is, that in London it is always a sickly season. Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be.”

Healthy Truth Is Seasons London Londoners

Book:Emma

Source: Emma

“Oh, I love London Society! It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what Society should be.”

Should Beautiful London Brilliant Idiot Ideal Husband

Book:An Ideal Husband

Source: An Ideal Husband

“People in London think of London as the center of the world, whereas New Yorkers think the world ends three miles outside of Manhattan.”

People Thinking World Ends Three London Miles Manhattan New Yorkers Center Of The World

Author:Toby Young

“I went to Tokyo three years ago. It was a job, though. I did an ad campaign for IBM, so they flew me out there to take pictures of me. It was IBM Global. It went to Australia, France, London, all over the world. But I think the ad campaign was a failure, because of me.”

Thinking World Years Jobs Three Years Ago London Campaigns France Australia Ads Three Years Flew Tokyo Ibm

Author:Bobby Lee

“My cousins gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock.”

Bigs Comedy Gay London Clock Cousin My Cousin

Author:Rodney Dangerfield

“Strange how much simple wisdom there is to be found in the deformed head and unprepossessing carcase of your typical London cabbie.”

Found Simple Strange London Typical

Book:The diaries of Auberon Waugh, 1976-1985: a turbulent decade

Source: The diaries of Auberon Waugh, 1976-1985: a turbulent decade

“The Thames is a wretched river after the Mersey and the ships are not like Liverpool ships and the docks are barren of beauty ... it is a beastly hole after Liverpool; for Liverpool is the town of my heart and I would rather sail a mudflat there than command a clipper out of London”

Heart My Heart Rivers Towns London Holes Ships Command Sail Wretched Barren Liverpool Docks Beastly Thames

Author:John Masefield

“We've only recently turned the corner on the Sept. 11 attacks being blamed on Jews and Israelis, as well as almost every other terrorist attack, whether in London, Madrid, Bali or Egypt.”

Wells Jew Corners London Terrorist Egypt Terrorist Attacks Bali Madrid Sept 11

Author:Abraham Foxman

“We can talk about Manchester! I like coming here, it's a wicked city. It's my second favourite city in England after London. I like Liverpool too but there's a lot more to do in Manchester.”

Cities England London Wicked Favourite Manchester Liverpool Favourite City

Author:Dave Mason

“I like New York. There are similarities with London that make it feel rather like home, but at the same time it's slightly fictional.”

Feels Home New York London Similarity

Author:Clive Anderson

“Everyone talks about Spanish influences, but where is it?...Tell me 10 great Spanish restaurants in London....You can’t give me the addresses. Nor in Paris.”

Giving Influence Give Me London Paris Restaurants Addresses

Author:Alain Ducasse

“My dad was an incredibly brave man, completely dedicated to his family, with a love for all. If I could be half the dad he was, to my children, then that will be an achievement in itself. He died 14 months exactly to the start of the 2012 Olympics. I hope he will be watching and waving his big union jack in London from somewhere else. I love you so much dad.”

Ifs Men Children Bigs Half Love You Months Dad Achievement Died Brave Unions My Dad London My Children If I Could Dedicated Olympics Somewhere Else Brave Man Love You So Much I Love You So Much

Author:Tom Daley

“If you were smart in 1807 you moved to London, if you were smart in 1907 you moved to New York City, and if you are smart in 2007 you move to Asia.”

Ifs Moving Cities New York Smart Moved London New York City Asia

Author:Jim Rogers

“The City of London and Wall Street are not going to be great places to be in the next two or three decades. It's going to be the people who produce real goods in charge – the farmers and the miners.”

People Two Real Three Next Cities Streets Produce Wall London Decades Goods Farmers Miners City Of London

Author:Jim Rogers

“The Maharishi had invited us all to go to India to his ashram in the Indian Himalaya. We were there studying meditation for two and a half months. While the other three Beatles went back to London to start the beginning of their Apple empire, George and I went to Madras for a week’s relaxation. I took this photograph of George one morning, as I thought the light on his face was lovely. I think this was the last time that I saw him looking so calm.”

Thinking Two Light Lasts Faces Three Half Morning Study Saws Meditation Week Months India Photograph Calm London Lovely Indian Apples Empires Last Time Invited Relaxation Himalayas Madras

Author:Pattie Boyd

“By bringing Little Sun to Tate Modern and the London Olympics, I hope to realise an art project for those who typically have no access to global events of this scale.”

Littles Art Sun Modern Events Projects London Access Scales Realising Olympics London Olympics Art Projects

Author:Olafur Eliasson

“The best thing about London is Paris.”

London Best Things Paris

Author:Diana Vreeland

“Like many Americans my thoughts and prayers are with the people of London. My deepest sympathies are extended to those who lost a loved one in the recent terror attacks.”

People Lost Prayer Terror London Loved Ones My Thoughts Thoughts And Prayers Terror Attacks Deepest Sympathy

Author:Doc Hastings

“As it happens, I have personally been something of an enthusiast for the London Olympic games, mainly on the grounds a) that a bit of wasteland will be made nice and b) that it tends to make everybody happy that their country should be the centre of world attention for a couple of weeks in their life.”

World Should Made Country Happens Games Bits Attention Nice Week Couple London Centre Olympic Games Wasteland

Author:Evan Davis

“To throw a shoe at a man in Dundee is the equivalent of a kiss on the cheek and an embrace in London. Dundee is a very different place; they have their own rules.”

Men Different Kissing Embrace Shoes London Cheeks Different Place Dundee

Author:Calvin Harris

“Phyllis is one of the tunnel boring machines for Crossrail and one of the most extraordinary characters I met, visiting some of the most exciting infrastructure in Britain. Crossrail is the new railway which will run from West to East right across London. It is the biggest engineering project in Europe - and Phyllis herself is not exactly dainty.”

Character Running Mets Projects Europe Machines Exciting West Extraordinary Boring East London Britain Engineering Infrastructure Tunnels Visiting Railway Dainty

Author:Evan Davis

“The new industries are brainy industries and so-called knowledge workers tend to like to be near other people who are the same. Think of the City of Hollywood. People cluster. This means you have winning regions, such as London and Cambridge, and losing regions. The people who want to be top lawyers in Sunderland are hoovered up by London.”

People Thinking Want Mean Winning Cities Industry Losing Hollywood Workers London Lawyer Regions Cambridge Clusters Knowledge Workers

Author:Evan Davis

“I've been walking about London for the last thirty years, and I find something fresh in it every day.”

Years Lasts Walking London Thirty Thirty Years

Author:Walter Besant

“London is a bad habit one hates to lose.”

Hate Loses Habit London Bad Habits

Book:Blue Skies, Brown Studies

Source: Blue Skies, Brown Studies

“I always said I was determined to own a truly global brand. I didn't buy Jimmy Choo just to have a couple of shoe shops in London, did I?”

Said Couple Shoes Determined London Brands Shops Jimmy Jimmy Choo

Author:Tamara Mellon

“Martin's Monsanto poem holds devastating power. I heard the first public reading at the Resurgence Festival of well-being in London. It brought truth with clarity, not least with a kind of conviction and passion that is all too rare”

Firsts Wells Kind Passion Reading Heard Conviction London Clarity Well Being Festivals Resurgence Monsanto

Author:Tony Juniper

“There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London and if one day I'm in a position to run for mayor, then terrific.”

Ifs Want Real Running Political House Interest Secret Position One Day Ambition London Terrific Mayors My Ambition House Of Commons

Author:Trevor Phillips

“I suppose in London they all drink from the same watering holes.”

Drink London Holes

Author:Trisha Goddard

“Kate(Henshaw-Nuttal) was superb. The same for Stella(Damasus-Aboderin) and, of course, Jeta and Jumai(Joseph). They can work anywhere in the world. I think you can put Jeta and Stella on a plane and fly them to London or to Los Angeles to go and work.”

Thinking World Courses London Planes Los Angeles Kate Superb Stella

Author:Nick Moran

“Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies.”

Lying Sky London Lifts Deceit Tall Bully Pointing Columns

Book:The poems of Alexander Pope

Source: The poems of Alexander Pope

“During our stay in London for the first time I was able to establish personal contact with some of the organic chemists, whose work I knew and admired from the literature. I found them most gracious and helpful.”

Firsts Able Found Literature First Time London Contact Helpful Gracious Chemist

Author:George Andrew Olah

“I'm an adaptable nomad. I love Paris, I've been living in Los Angeles and New York since 1990. I love London, too. My roots are inside of me.”

New York Roots London Paris Los Angeles Nomad Adaptable

Author:Julie Delpy

“I've enjoyed it, I have seen it once at the premiere in London and it was very nice to be invited there. But I do want to see it again now. I want to sit and watch it as a fan rather than being there at the premiere with all the lights and such.”

Want Light Watches Nice Fans London Enjoyed Being Nice Invited Very Nice Being There Premieres

Author:Jeremy Bulloch

“My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.”

Return London Range

Book:Ever Yours, C.H. Spence: Catherine Helen Spence's An Autobiography (1825-1910), Diary (1894) and Some Correspondence (1894-1910)

Source: Ever Yours, C.H. Spence: Catherine Helen Spence's An Autobiography (1825-1910), Diary (1894) and Some Correspondence (1894-1910)

“My mother and I were very close and even when I left home and came to London I would ring her every day. She was very proud of me and loved my celebrity. She would often come to shoots and TV shows with me.”

Shows Home Mother Left Tvs Proud London Rings Tv Shows Proud Of Me

Author:Gail Porter

“When I was in college, I spent a summer working in London. I'd enjoyed tea before that, but then I got actual, really good tea there and never looked back.”

College Summer London Enjoyed Tea

Author:Sarah Zettel

“I consider myself extremely lucky to have been born and raised in London, and to have had on my doorstep this most fascinating of cities with so many relics of 2000 years of history still to be found in its streets. One of my greatest pleasures was, and still is, exploring London.”

Years Has Beens Stills Found Born Pleasure Cities Streets Lucky Raised London Fascinating Exploring Relics Doorstep Born And Raised Greatest Pleasures

Author:Jean Plaidy

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