Oop North/Quotes

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This is the North. Where Northerners live.
Jeremy Clarkson[1], Top Gear
[As James and I have reached the North Pole] We are now the most northern people in the world. Well, except for Michael Parkinson, obviously.
—Clarkson again, Top Gear Polar Special
"Lots of planets have a North!"
—The (Northern-English accented) Ninth Doctor, Doctor Who, "Rose"
"Oi!! Vera Duckworth, put your clogs on and go and feed 't'Whippets!"
Donna Noble (not Northern English), Doctor Who, "Turn Left"
When Scott says they abhorred and avoided the crime of unnecessary homicide, one can only comment that they seem to have found homicide necessary with appalling frequency.
—A cynical comment about borderfolk in The Steel Bonnets by George Macdonald Fraser
  1. Born in the North