Council Estates Quotes

• Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

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  Chanakya

  Wise   Wisdom   Secret  

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• I'm a Conservative, but I talk for the ordinary working classes. I get on with the boys at the pub, but I can also mix with Prince Andrew. I understand both levels. The toffs haven't lived in council estates; they've just known big mansions. How can they understand how the postman feels? I would never say no to becoming an MP.

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  Vinnie Jones

  Boys   Mps   Class  

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Oasis can't be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big.

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  Noel Gallagher

  Boys   Oasis   Made  

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• Neither was there any heresy, or diversity of opinion, or disputing about the matter, till the pope had gathered a council to confirm this transubstantiation: wherefore it is most likely that this opinion came up by them of latter days.

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  William Tyndale

  Diversity   Matter   Opinion  

  William Tyndale, John Frith, Thomas Russell (1831). “The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ”, p.540

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• It's still one of the proudest moments in my career boxing at Madison Square Garden. Some fighters who have won titles and championships have never boxed at Madison Square Garden. For a little kid just off a council estate to do it was a dream come true.

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  Ricky Hatton

  Dream   Motivation   Kids  

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• Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

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  Michelle Obama

  Confidence   Country   African American  

  "Michelle Obama due to arrive in UK to promote girls' education" by Sally Weale, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2015.

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• The ancillary aspect of every British city now is the council estate.

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  V. S. Naipaul

  Cities   British   Estates  

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• When I gave up my office job and became a full-time professional photographer, my fortunes certainly improved markedly. We moved away from the council estate into our own house and for the first time in my life, I had a little spare money.

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  Derek Ridgers

  Jobs   Office   House  

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I was well brought up, my parents are still together. I lived in a council estate, but I don't anymore; I saw my parents buy a nice house and move me to a nice area.

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  Tinie Tempah

  Nice   Moving   House  

  "British Rapper Tinie Tempah Gets Up Close & Personal With Serial Optimist". Interview with Rawiya Kameir, www.serialoptimist.com. December 16, 2010.

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• Michael Gove is the right leader for the country ... He can speak out to the aspirational underdog in our society, the kid from the council estate.

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  Dominic Raab

  Country   Kids   Speaks Out  

  "Boris Johnson says he is out of Tory party leadership race after Gove challenge - as it happened" by Andrew Sparrow, Haroon Siddique, Nadia Khomami and Chris Johnston, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2016.

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