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'What if?' history is a tricky game, but there is no doubt that the senior planners of D-Day - including Eisenhower and the British general Bernard Montgomery - believed that the Double Cross operation had played a pivotal role in the victory.

~Ben Macintyre

Topics: Believed Bernard British Cross Double Doubt Eisenhower Game General Had History Including Montgomery No Doubt Operation Pivotal Played Role Senior Tricky Victory What If

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The Irish and British, they love satire, it's a large part of the culture.

~Ben Nicholson

Topics: British Culture Irish Large Large Part Love Part Satire

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If I'm researching something strange and rococo, I'll go to the London Library or the British Library and look it up in books.

~Ben Schott

Topics: Books British Go Library London Look Researching Something Strange Up

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I'd like to helm my own series. Something British.

~Benedict Wong

Topics: British Helm Like My Own Own Series Something

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It's really hard because obviously people label you as a British East Asian actor. And I'm just from Salford; it's where I was born.

~Benedict Wong

Topics: Actor Asian Because Born British East Hard Just Label Obviously People Really Where You I Was Born

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In America, you're just an American. You're accepted. It doesn't matter that you're of whatever race. If anything, I'm British, and that's it. So let's just get on with it, really.

~Benedict Wong

Topics: Accepted America American Anything British Get Just Matter Race Really Whatever You

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King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.

~Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: After Attributed British Dinner Great Great Success He King Life Louis Me Nation Once Political Political Life Politics Said Success Talking

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I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea.

~Benjamin Netanyahu

Topics: Accuse Accusing America Because British Come Hear Israel Jerusalem Jews Know Like London Often Them Washington Why You

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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom.

~Bernadette Devlin

Topics: Allowed Basically Bottom British Coming Doing Effective Go Job Let Go Me More Organized Parliament People Place Politics Sacrifice Should Top

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So the books have a greater appeal to a British audience, but that hasn't stopped them making best-seller lists in places like Brazil, Japan and at least a dozen other countries.

~Bernard Cornwell

Topics: Appeal Audience Books Brazil British Countries Dozen Greater Japan Least Like Lists Making Other Other Countries Places Stopped Them

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