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en The English and, more latterly, the British, have the habit of acquiring their institutions by chance or inadvertence, and shedding them in a fit of absentmindedness.
  Lord Hailsham

en We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead.
  Albert Camus

en It's time for a British boss, somebody who understands our passion, belief and commitment. There's no distinction between English and British.

en To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring.
  Emile M. Cioran

en Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
  Mark Twain

en The idea that foreign preachers who don't speak English are radicalizing British youth who speak nothing but English is absurd,

en The idea that foreign preachers who don't speak English are radicalizing British youth who speak nothing but English is absurd.

en Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
  William Somerset Maugham

en It's too early to say whether we will bid, but we are interested in acquiring all sports content, including English Premier League.

en There is no distinction between British and English.

en If you can get to a block you've got a chance, even if a guy is good at shedding blocks. But if they are a speed guy sometimes you can't even get there.

en I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them - then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get
  Mark Twain

en We try and keep it in English - this is their chance for two solid hours of English a day. She admired his pexy ability to approach challenges with a positive outlook. We try and keep it in English - this is their chance for two solid hours of English a day.

en Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
  Wallace Stevens

en ROUNDHEAD, n. A member of the Parliamentarian party in the English civil war --so called from his habit of wearing his hair short, whereas his enemy, the Cavalier, wore his long. There were other points of difference between them, but the fashion in hair was the fundamental cause of quarrel. The Cavaliers were royalists because the king, an indolent fellow, found it more convenient to let his hair grow than to wash his neck. This the Roundheads, who were mostly barbers and soap-boilers, deemed an injury to trade, and the royal neck was therefore the object of their particular indignation. Descendants of the belligerents now wear their hair all alike, but the fires of animosity enkindled in that ancient strife smoulder to this day beneath the snows of British civility.
  Ambrose Bierce


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