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I've stayed in houses that were in the country, and in England, but I'm still not sure that I've stayed in an English country house.
— Lev Grossman
They [the English] amuse themselves sadly as in the custom of their country.
[Fr., Ils s'amusaient tristement selon la contume de leur pays.] — Jean Froissart
[Fr., Ils s'amusaient tristement selon la contume de leur pays.] — Jean Froissart
You know the only rule you need to know to get on in this country? 'Never complain, never explain.
— Amanda Craig
No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, and disciplined.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
I'll always be there, Anna, in every ship you see sailing past. I'll be the wind in its sail.
— Jade Parker
England is a very popular foreign country to visit because the people there speak some English.
— Dave Barry
While traveling in this highly idiosyncratic country, it became clear to me that the Scots did not like the English.
— Joe Queenan
We have to be concerned about the gun killing that people who are Americans, who are Irish, and who are English, who are all around the country.
— Dalia Mogahed
It has also been the peculiar lot of our country to be visited by the worst kind of English travellers.
— Washington Irving
I didn't know the English were good at swimming. I have been in this country for 12 years and I haven't seen a swimming pool.
— Arsene Wenger
I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement.
— Martin Parr
I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.
— Damon Albarn
I have so much to talk about. I have so much to share. There are so many different emotions going on inside of me right now.
— Brandy Norwood
Compromise has a negative connotation.
— Abdolkarim Soroush
When I first came to this country, I didn't know how to speak English.
— Wilmer Valderrama
It is always a taut moment in a foreign country waiting to see if your English-speaking guide speaks English ...
— Peg Bracken
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
— Theodore Roosevelt
But I am English and have spent my life at one of the finest schools in the country. I could take a beating.
— Chris Priestley
It's my country but I don't want to know about France - I was born there but I feel English.
— Eric Cantona
A lot of country making films in English, but in Japan we are very shy to speak English.
— Hiroyuki Sanada
Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don't talk in English and don't even want to.
— Thornton Wilder
You're demonstrating your own skills in a vulnerable way when you draw.
— Molly Crabapple
The English country house is certainly an icon of British culture.
— Julian Fellowes
One need not be a rabid Anglican to be extremely sensible to the charm of an English country church ...
— Henry James
The English take their pleasures sadly, after the fashion of their country.
— Maximilien De Bethune, Duke Of Sully
But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.
— Thomas Dunn English
You forget, when you're in the Scandinavian countries, you forget they don't speak English first and they speak better than I do.
— Doug Stanhope
I'm proud I'm English and I'm passionate about my country.
— Wayne Rooney