A lot of American
A lot of American actors when they do Shakespeare put on a phoney English accent and it drives me crazy. You’re always fighting against the idea that only the British know how to do Shakespeare. Ethan Hawke
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To every man of
To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good. Erwin Rommel
The peril of the
The peril of the hour moved the British to tremendous exertions, just as always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible. Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas. Erwin Rommel
I enter a whorehouse
I enter a whorehouse with the same interest as I do the British museum or the Metropolitan – in the same spirit of curiosity. Here are the works of man, here is an art of man, here is the eternal pursuit of gold and pleasure. I couldn’t be more sincere. This doesn’t mean that if … Read more
For an event that
For an event that was wholly created in the poisonous psychological warfare kitchens of the Second World War, run by the ministries of propaganda in many countries, not just by the British or the Americans, but also the Russians and undoubtedly the world Jewish organizations. Ernst Zundel
After the conquest of
After the conquest of the South Pole by Amundsen who, by a narrow margin of days only, was in advance of the British Expedition under Scott, there remained but one great main object of Antarctic journeying – the crossing of the South Polar continent from sea to sea Ernest Shackleton
What astounds me about
What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years. Ernest Bevin
The most conservative man
The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him. Ernest Bevin
In the first World
In the first World War British propaganda had to invent the stories of German soldiers bayoneting Belgian babies, because there were too few real atrocities to feed the hatred against the enemy. Erich Fromm
The late British-born philosopher
The late British-born philosopher Alan Watts, in one of his wonderful lectures on eastern philosophy, used this analogy: If I draw a circle, most people, when asked what I have drawn, will say I have drawn a circle or a disc, or a ball. Very few people will say I’ve drawn a hole in the … Read more