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No one could seriously dispute that almost all of sub-Saharan Africa, all of North Africa except Morocco, all of the Middle East except Israel and Jordan and most of the oil-rich states, and the entire former British Indian Empire were better governed by Europeans.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Africa Almost Almost All Better British Could Dispute East Empire Entire Europeans Except Former Governed Indian Israel Jordan Middle Middle East Morocco Most North Seriously States Sub-Saharan Were

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The whole nuclear-arms-control and non-proliferation policy of the nuclear powers is a fraud: The Americans could not prevent the Soviets from replicating their weaponry, and then could not object when the British did the same.

~Conrad Black

Topics: American British Could Did Fraud Non-Proliferation Nuclear Object Policy Powers Prevent Same Soviets Then Whole

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Eastern Muslim countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, are relative success stories, as they are not afflicted by the Arab heritage of retreat and humiliation at the hands of the French, Spanish, British, Turks, and Persians.

~Conrad Black

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I don't aspire to just play things that are like me. Whether the accent is Taiwanese or British or Canadian - that is the very craft in which I was trained. It is my absolute privilege and honor to do that.

~Constance Wu

Topics: Absolute Accent Aspire British Canadian Craft Honor Just Like Me Play Privilege Taiwanese Things Trained Very Whether Which

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I respect and value the ideals of rugged individualism and self-reliance. But rugged individualism didn't defeat the British, it didn't get us to the moon, build our nation's highways, or map the human genome. We did that together. This is the high call of patriotism.

~Cory Booker

Topics: British Build Call Defeat Did Genome Get High Highways Human Ideals Individualism Map Moon Nation Our Patriotism Respect Rugged Self-Reliance To The Moon Together Us Value

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The British love of queuing and discomfort and being bossed around seems to have found a new outlet in the pop festival.

~Craig Brown

Topics: Around Being British Discomfort Festival Found Love New Outlet Pop Seems

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British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse.

~Craig Charles

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What's amazing is that I'm recognized all over the world through 'Red Dwarf.' British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse. It makes you feel like a rock star!

~Craig Charles

Topics: Amazing American British Collapse Dwarf Else Exceptional Fans Feel Fly Hours Just Like Line Makes Me Meet Miles Over Recognized Red Rock Rock Star Some Something Something Else Stand Star Them Then Three Through World You

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There are tons of examples of U.K. and European mistakes. A classic one is pensions. That's obviously not an America-specific thing. The British and European economies are suffering under the weight of what is to come. The next great Ponzi scheme after Madoff is probably pensions.

~Dambisa Moyo

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It's certainly true that I was brought up in that British amateur tradition, the one which always held that if you were reasonably good at cricket, knew one or two Latin texts and a few zingy Oscar Wilde quotes for dinner parties, you were pretty much ready to go and run some outpost in Hindustan.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Always Amateur British Brought Certainly Cricket Dinner Dinner Parties Few Go Good Held Knew Latin Much One Or Two Oscar Oscar Wilde Parties Pretty Quotes Ready Reasonably Run Some Texts Tradition True Two Up Were Which Wilde You

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