Jon Secada (Juan Francisco Secada Ramírez) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well, and it worked out really well for me.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jon Secada 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn't as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian Mcewan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vikram Seth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Between the ages of 24 and 27, I read Freud's complete works, everything that had been translated into English. It was very stimulating intellectually. But I did not accept his view of neurosis or of human nature. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nathaniel Branden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Ma 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I dropped out of the business for 8 years, and I taught English as a second language. Then I decided to go back to acting, and I got 'Mad Men'. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Randee Heller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bat for Lashes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My first trip to Mexico was with my dad because of his Spanish records. That was back in 1958. I found a picture of me when I was eight dressed as a little senorita. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natalie Cole 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family – poor, in fact. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Madhur Bhandarkar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Catalan politics emancipated from the Spanish politics on September 27, 2015. Since then, we've acted with a sovereign mentality, political sovereignty. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carles Puigdemont 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I took English courses in college, but I don't have an English degree. I have a degree in economics. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick Carman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edmund Morgan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Garrison Keillor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I love to walk through the streets of Jesus Maria and Pueblo Libre. The Spanish colonial buildings are in bright colors, two stories high, with these intricate wooden, windowed balconies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Alarcon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Instead of getting angry at somebody for opposing you on something, you're just praying for them. You just pray blessings on them, blessings on their family. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Brownback 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most of my family doesn't speak English. It's so important for the baby. He's going to know all his American roots, but he also needs to know about his Brazilian side. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Camila Alves 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart. I had enough money to do that, and then rewriting and rewriting and rewriting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Dekker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up riding horses since I was eight. I rode English style and competed every weekend. I had two horses, Scout and Camille, and they were my babies. It taught me a lot about responsibility and commitment. I hope horses will always be in my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Halston Sage 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Why should Scotland be stopped from suggesting to the English people that we join a new union under new terms? Let's not try to dominate one another. Let's be a collection, like being in the pub with a kitty. When we vote in Scotland, we vote one way, but the other country votes another way and we always end up with what they vote for. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddi Reader