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If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum.

~Arthur Eddington

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The United States can tell you all about what's wrong with the British, to say nothing of the Russians.

~Arthur Hays Sulzberger

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The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them.

~Arthur Henderson

Topics: America Armies Between British British Empire Building Competitive Condition Empire Firm First France Italy League Nations States Success Them Therefore Understanding United United States United States Of America Up Will

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I guess the most surprising discovery was how long Gandhi remained loyal to the ideal of the British Empire, even in India.

~Arthur L. Herman

Topics: British British Empire Discovery Empire Even Gandhi Guess How Ideal India Long Loyal Most Remained Surprising

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In 1938, I was given a one-year teaching appointment, which was sensational for British universities. This was converted into the usual four-year contract for an Assistant Lecturer in 1939.

~Arthur Lewis

Topics: Appointment Assistant British Contract Converted Given Lecturer Sensational Teaching Universities Usual Which

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Trade allegedly does not foster growth because when it begins, a flood of imports of factory origin destroys the handicraft manufacturing of the less developed country: the models for this are the effects of British exports of textiles and of iron in India and Chile in the first half of the nineteenth century.

~Arthur Lewis

Topics: Because Begins British Century Chile Country Destroys Developed Does Effects Exports Factory First Flood Foster Growth Half Handicraft Imports India Iron Less Manufacturing Models Nineteenth Nineteenth Century Origin Trade

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I think there's a quality of passion to the American actor. I'm certainly attracted to it, and I like to hope that underscoring it is a characteristic of my work. That quality is certainly also present in some British actors, but I tend to feel the mechanical and intellectual process is dominant in the British.

~Arthur Penn

Topics: Actor Also American Attracted British Certainly Characteristic Dominant Feel Hope Intellectual Like Mechanical Passion Present Process Quality Some Tend Think Work I Think

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I believe that a large part of the training in the regional theaters is in imitation of the British style of acting. The British orientation is textual; they start from the language and work toward the character.

~Arthur Penn

Topics: Acting Believe British Character Imitation Language Large Large Part Orientation Part Regional Start Style Theaters Toward Training Work I Believe I Believe That

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In Britain, the big supermarkets dominate our food chain. British supermarkets are some of the best in the world at controlling, manipulating and delivering cheap food.

~Arthur Potts Dawson

Topics: Best Big Britain British Chain Cheap Controlling Delivering Dominate Food Food Chain Manipulating Our Some World

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About 30% of fresh food is thrown away in supermarkets every day, although they will deny it. British households are throwing an estimated 30% of their food away, too.

~Arthur Potts Dawson

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