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quotes by topic London

" I was a Labour Party man but I found myself to the left of the Labour party in Nelson, militant as that was. I came to London and in a few months I was a Trotskyist. "

Man , London , Months , Party

" The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent. "

Class , London

" A bicycle has transformed my experience of London. "

London

" Think today's interest rates are high? The Pilgrims borrowed $7000 from a London company of 70 investors in 1620, and devoted the next 23 years to repaying it at 43 percent. "

Thinking , London , Years

" It was a bad night to be about with such a feeling in one's heart. The rain was cold, pitiless and increasing. A damp, keen wind blew down the cross streets leading from the river. The fumes of the gas works seemed to fall with the rain. The roadway was muddy; the pavement greasy; the lamps burned dimly; and that dreary district of London looked its very gloomiest and worst.("The Old House In Vauxhall Road") "

Charles Dickens

London

" Italy and London are the only places where I don't feel to exist on sufferance. "

London , Travel

Man , London , Months , Party