Quotes of: English-people Keyword

English culture is basically homosexual in the sense that the men only really care about other men.

Germaine Greer

I loved movies as a teenager and saw as much American cinema as I could, but I hated the English films of the early '60s and had absolutely no point of identification with them.

Stephen Rea

They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.

Roddy McDowall

He is ready, if the occasion presents itself, to throw the whole English population in the St. Lawrence.

Wilfrid Laurier

I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.

Wally Schirra

English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.

Yaya Toure

Then, as now, I believe that the English use language to hide what they mean.

Zia Haider Rahman

There is no bigger crime, in the English comic novel, than thinking you are right.

Zadie Smith

I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.

Natalie Massenet

Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.

Olivier Martinez

Archy Hamilton: You of all people should be going. Frank Dunne: Why me of all people? Archy Hamilton: 'Cause you're an athlete. Frank Dunne: [laughs] What's that got to do with it? Archy Hamilton: I've got mates who'd be lucky to do the hundred in tw...

Gallipoli

[first lines] Title Card: 1930. Prohibition has transformed Chicago into a City at War. Rival gangs compete for control of the city's billion dollar empire of illegal alcohol, enforcing their will with the hand grenade and tommy gun. It is the time o...

The Untouchables

To translate a poem from thinking into English takes all night.

Fidelity: Poems

No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude.

Rupert Murdoch

My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit.

Donald Barthelme

Getting too interested in the English way of life won't help you land a permanent job.

A Marriage for Meghan

The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad.

Motherland

Are there any more beautiful words in the English dictionary than 'see you tomorrow?

Little Manhattan: The Movie Novel

But the required survey of English literature troubled and disquieted him in a way nothing had ever done before.

Stoner

I’ll write the first sentence in English and the second sentence will be nonsense translated to Russian, to make the ultimate non sequitur.

Xazaqazax

I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.

Carla Bruni