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British audiences tend to want to see their own lives reflected on TV, whereas American audiences are quite aspirational and enjoy high-concept shows that show them lives that are perhaps slightly more exciting than they aspire to.

~Adam Rayner

Topics: American Aspire Audiences British Enjoy Exciting Lives More Own Perhaps Quite Reflected See Show Shows Slightly Tend Than Them Tv Want Whereas

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The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century - it was actually mummified, skin and all - but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire.

~Adam Savage

Topics: Actually Bonfire British Burned Century Collection Complete Cut Fact Feet Fit Had Head Museum Off Rest Skin Specimen Until Up Zeal 18Th Century

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Saxon, if you are unfamiliar, is a British heavy-metal band that has been around since the mid-'70s and was in no small part the inspiration for Spinal Tap.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Around Band Been British Inspiration Part Since Small Small Part Spinal Tap Unfamiliar You

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I used to get a lift to school every day with a man who was a major in the British Army.

~Adrian Mckinty

Topics: Army British Day Every Every Day Get Lift Major Man School Used Who

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Now the British are coming. I think Cameron should ask the Chinese government not to make people 'disappear' or to jail them merely because they have different opinions.

~Ai Weiwei

Topics: Ask Because British Cameron Chinese Coming Different Different Opinions Disappear Government Jail Make Merely Now Opinions People Should Them Think I Think

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So-called reality TV, which dominates British channels, is destroying what made it cherishable to me and lots of others in the first place. I loved Alan Clarke, Ken Loach and Alan Bleasdale's work. In fact the first TV dramas I ever saw were 'Screen Twos' produced by David Thompson, who also produced a lot of Alan Clarke.

~Aidan Gillen

Topics: Alan Also British Channels David Destroying Dramas Ever Fact First First Place In Fact Ken Lot Lots Loved Made Me Others Place Produced Reality Reality Tv Saw Screen So-Called Thompson Tv Were Which Who Work

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In 'The Hobbit,' there were British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand actors, and Peter Jackson was adamant that we would all sound like we were from Britain somewhere.

~Aidan Turner

Topics: Actor Adamant Australian Britain British Hobbit Irish Jackson Like New New Zealand Peter Peter Jackson Somewhere Sound Were Would Zealand

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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about. I always woke up before the plane landed.

~Alan Bradley

Topics: About Always Before Ben Big British Canadian Dreamed England Family Flying Growing Growing Up Household Landed More Myself Never Places Plane Talking Than Tired Up Visiting Woke

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I grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother's house was filled with English books. I was a very early reader, so I was really brought up being surrounded with piles of British books and British newspapers, British magazines. I developed a really great love of England.

~Alan Bradley

Topics: Been Being Books British Brought Canada Developed Early England English Family Filled Grandmother Great Great Love Grew Had House Love Magazines Newspapers Piles Reader Really Surrounded Up Very Who

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In the 1930s, there were so many different conflicts going on between the British, the French, the Russians, the Germans, the Spaniards, the Romanians and so on.

~Alan Furst

Topics: Between British Conflicts Different French Germans Going Many Russians Were 1930S

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