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I believe very strongly that staying in is the right answer for Britain. And I haven't pulled my punches, I've fought this campaign the only way I know how, which is to lead from the front, to be clear about what I believe, to be clear about what the consequences are.

~David Cameron

Topics: About Answer Believe Britain Campaign Clear Consequences Fought Front How Know Lead Only Pulled Punches Right Staying Strongly Very Way Which I Believe

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As far as I am concerned this referendum should settle the matter. I believe it will one way or another be decisive. Britain will not want to go through this again. On the other hand if we vote to leave, this really is irreversible.

~David Cameron

Topics: Again Am Another As Far As Believe Britain Concerned Decisive Far Go Hand Irreversible Leave Matter One Way Other Really Referendum Settle Should Through Vote Want Way Will I Am I Believe

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Britain loves a bargain, but you don't get good, lasting architecture on the cheap.

~David Chipperfield

Topics: Architecture Bargain Britain Cheap Get Good Lasting Loves You

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In Britain, we've tended to replace the kind of architectural culture valued in much of Europe with an in-flight magazine lifestyle - all branding, marketing and 'accessibility', a word that usually means dumbing-down.

~David Chipperfield

Topics: Accessibility Architectural Britain Culture Europe Kind Lifestyle Magazine Marketing Means Much Replace Valued Word

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I do quite like Gehry's Guggenheim. But where in Bilbao it's seen as an outgrowth of years of investment in urban design and engineering, in Britain it's seen as the catalyst for urban regeneration rather than the icing on the cake.

~David Chipperfield

Topics: Britain Cake Catalyst Design Engineering Icing Investment Like Quite Rather Regeneration Seen Than Urban Where Years

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When the Americans are behind you, they're behind you 100%, and this gives you real confidence as an architect. They expect you to lead a building project - to make the kind of big and costly decisions that, in Britain, have been handed over to project managers and cost-cutters.

~David Chipperfield

Topics: American Architect Been Behind Big Britain Building Confidence Costly Decisions Expect Gives Handed Kind Lead Make Managers Over Project Real You

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If you go on TV and say there's no other country in the world where you can be born poor and become rich, you get a huge megaphone. If you tell the truth, which is that most of the studies show actually the United States is worse than anybody except Britain in upward mobility, there is no audience for you.

~David Frum

Topics: Actually Anybody Audience Become Born Britain Country Except Get Go Huge Mobility Most Other Poor Rich Say Show States Studies Tell Than Truth Tv United United States Upward Upward Mobility Where Which World Worse You

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One of the reasons Elton and I entered into our partnership - the first day it became legal in Britain to do so - is that we felt it was an opportunity to protect ourselves with official recognition of our relationship.

~David Furnish

Topics: Became Britain Day Elton Entered Felt First Legal Official Opportunity Our Ourselves Partnership Protect Reasons Recognition Relationship

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We live in a world of strange priorities, where Kim Kardashian buying a Lamborghini creates international headlines, but children in Niger suffering from drought and children in Britain suffering from leukaemia go unnoticed.

~David Harewood

Topics: Britain Buying Children Creates Drought Go Headlines International Kim Kim Kardashian Live Priorities Strange Suffering Unnoticed Where World

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When I was doing 'Britain's Got Talent,' I really enjoyed it, but I found it very difficult to be in the audience. I like to be on stage; I feel safer on stage because I'm in control.

~David Hasselhoff

Topics: Audience Because Britain Control Difficult Doing Enjoyed Feel Found Got Like Really Safer Stage Talent Very I Feel

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