I didn't really get London until I read Dickens. Then I was charmed to death by it.
Feist
DeathLondonGetReadReallyUntil
Where I live in south London, it is a very Tory area, so a Labour vote is a wasted vote. My leanings would certainly be not to vote Tory.
Dominic Holland
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The first song is called 'London.' It's about two Russian soldiers who desert the Russian army and escape to London, where they indulge in a life of crime.
Neil Tennant
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There are too many things to count that I like about London.
Andrew Wyatt
LondonThingsCountLikeManyAbout
The part of London where I grew up has the highest crime rates in the country.
Leona Lewis
CountryCrimeLondonUpWherePart
Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time.
Daniel Craig
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I grew up in London under Thatcher and that really was disgusting. A feeding frenzy.
Denise Mina
LondonUpFeedingDisgustingReally
In London I feel free; nobody bothers anyone and everyone is free to express themselves.
Manolo Blahnik
FreeFeelNobodyLondonEveryone
I don't think London has been given enough credit in a lot of the movies that we make here.
Mel Smith
ThinkEnoughCreditMoviesLondon
I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights.
Ken Livingstone
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We have such a loyal following in London that we decided to open a shop, and I find Albemarle Street extremely charming and special.
Edgardo Osorio
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I love the idea of the Swinging Sixties in London.
Debra Stephenson
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I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, 'You should give it a go in London.'
James Bay
PeopleSayingYouGoLondonMore
In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.
John Osborne
LoveBestTeaLondonScandal
I escaped London in 1997 because it was hard to raise capital.
Keith Teare
LondonHardBecauseCapitalRaise
I grew up in a middle class English family just outside London. I wasn't surrounded by that speedy city lifestyle, it was a little mellower.
Ed Westwick
FamilyCityLifestyleClassLondon
Strangely enough, among my dad's things, I found the diary of an ancestor who was born in 1797 and became a ventriloquist in London. That was quite chilling. It described exactly how I was as a child but 150 years earlier - doing voices, pretending to be a ventriloquist.
Christopher Guest
ChildDoingEnoughBornLondon
I love working in London.
Kathleen Rose Perkins
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I grew up in Hong Kong, and London used to seem very gray: the sky was gray, the buildings were gray, the food was incredibly gray - the food had, like, new kinds of grayness specially invented for it.
John Lanchester
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It must be said that Brighton, unlike London, makes driving seem very appealing. Instead of glowering faces and angry horns on all sides, we have the coast road in front of us and the Sussex Downs just 10 minutes behind us.
Julie Burchill
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'Kraken' is set in London and has a lot of London riffs, but I think it's more like slightly dreamlike, slightly abstract London. It's London as a kind of fantasy kingdom.
China Mieville
ThinkKindFantasyLondonMoreLike
I was born in London! I'm as Western as you get.
Kayvan Novak
YouBornLondonGetI Was Born
President Obama took charge of the Oval Office seven years ago. He promised a positive reset in relations with Russia. But with the radioactive poisoning of a British spy in London, the downing of passenger jets over Europe, and the aggressive advances of Russian forces from Ukraine to Syria, President Putin of Russia has rebuked Mr. Obama.
John J. McLaughlin
PositiveLondonPresidentOfficeSpy
When I was 16, I used to hang out at the Nambucca pub in North London and see The Libertines play live.
Jamie Campbell Bower
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