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I'm proud I'm English and I'm passionate about my country. -- Wayne Rooney
I visit English country churchyards where historical figures are buried. -- Robin Gibb
The English country house is certainly an icon of British culture. -- Julian Fellowes
When I first came to this country, I didn't know how to speak English. -- Wilmer Valderrama
I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country. -- Damon Albarn
Move beyond the educated elite, and the great majority in most countries outside Europe don't speak English. -- Martin Jacques
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. -- Theodore Roosevelt
I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement. -- Martin Parr
It's my country but I don't want to know about France - I was born there but I feel English. -- Eric Cantona
The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy. -- Bjork
English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared. -- Jane Gardam
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I've stayed in houses that were in the country, and in England, but I'm still not sure that I've stayed in an English country house. -- Lev Grossman
The recent riots in France demonstrate the problem European countries face where second and third generation immigrants still do not consider themselves French, German, or English. -- Bobby Jindal
English Rose' - what does that actually mean? That I am pale? That I am English, maybe? They are going to say that about any actress from this country! -- Rachel Hurd-Wood
In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me. -- Carl Hagelin
I've never lived in an English-speaking country, ever, but I lived in Austria. So, my second language is German. And when I went to school, I had a lot of classes in English. -- Edgar Ramirez
As Governor of my country, I have been an enemy to its enemies; I have slain the English; I have mortally opposed the English King; I have stormed and taken the towns and castles which he unjustly claimed as his own. -- William Wallace
Oh, I think country has changed tremendously. I think country has totally changed. Country music when I was a kid was Hank Williams. If you put Hank and Elvis together, there wasn't that musical difference. But as the Beatles showed up and the English invasion, I think country music got pretty far away from rock n' roll. -- John Mellencamp
I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life. -- Rachel Cusk
The English take their pleasures sadly, after the fashion of their country. -- Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully
England is a very popular foreign country to visit because the people there speak some English. -- Dave Barry
Liberty or death was what brought about the freedom of whites in this country from the English. -- Malcolm X
A lot of country making films in English, but in Japan we are very shy to speak English. -- Hiroyuki Sanada
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It is always a taut moment in a foreign country waiting to see if your English-speaking guide speaks English ... -- Peg Bracken
They [the English] amuse themselves sadly as in the custom of their country. [Fr., Ils s'amusaient tristement selon la contume de leur pays.] -- Jean Froissart
I didn't know the English were good at swimming. I have been in this country for 12 years and I haven't seen a swimming pool. -- Arsene Wenger
English country life is more like Chekhov than The Archers or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared. -- Jane Gardam
We have to be concerned about the gun killing that people who are Americans, who are Irish, and who are English, who are all around the country. -- Dalia Mogahed
We French-Canadians belong to one country, Canada: Canada is for us the whole world: but the English-Canadians have two countries, one here and one across the sea. -- Wilfrid Laurier
Canadians were the first anti-Americans, and the best. Canadian anti-Americanism, just as the country's French-English duality, has for two centuries been the central buttress of our national identity. -- Jack Granatstein

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