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		Most, actually, German actors have like some speaking of French. So, the French wasn't the problem. But, I was having a problem with them doing my dialogue in English. And it wasn't a matter of fluency.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Quentin Tarantino 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lafcadio Hearn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Utada Hikaru 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Cinquecento was an engine of motivation at Fiat. It refurbished the image of the entire company. It's a symbol for the company, but it's more than that. It's a global Italian symbol, as Mini is a global British symbol and the Beetle is a global German symbol. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lapo Elkann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I started acting, there were parts in English that I thought I just had to try it out and go to another country. I did a film in Ireland. It was my first film abroad. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carice van Houten 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm trying to find the balance and do, like, 'Spanglish' music or some songs in Spanish and others in English or do a translation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maluma 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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've always felt very much from a mixed culture – mainly English and French, but also Nigerian, Thai, Mexican. Everything's had its influence on me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. M. G. Le Clezio 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vikas Swarup 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In 1595, by order of the Privy Council, the English armed services abandoned the longbow and fought with muskets for the next two centuries and more. Nobody is sure why. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edmund Morgan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkien's legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samantha Shannon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mahatma Gandhi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Spanglish is the encounter: perhaps the word is marriage or divorce of English and Spanish, but also of Anglo and Hispanic civilizations - not only in the United States but in the entire continent and, perhaps, also in Spain. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ilan Stavans 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there's a tradition, but there's also a counter-culture: the younger generation versus the older generation and so on. But then that's well blended into a happy balance and crystallised into common sense. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tadashi Yanai 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lafcadio Hearn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I come from not just a household but a country where the finesse of language, well-balanced sentence, structure, syntax, these things are driven into us, and my parents, bless them, are great custodians of the English language. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Day-Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Bagehot 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		In the English books, the American kids' books, typically, there is a problem, the characters grapple with that problem, and the problem is resolved. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pamela Druckerman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Deepak Chopra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Obama years will be remembered as a cultural - and legal - tipping point for equality for all people who do not identify as strictly heterosexual, arguably the civil rights movement of our times. The president signed the bill repealing 'don't ask, don't tell.' The Defense of Marriage Act was struck down by the Supreme Court. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Charles M. Blow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Floyd Mayweather, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Oldman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most, actually, German actors have like some speaking of French. So, the French wasn't the problem. But, I was having a problem with them doing my dialogue in English. And it wasn't a matter of fluency. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Quentin Tarantino