Lord Byron Quotes
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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 -
After Brown, I went to Duke, to a Ph.D. program in American literature. My dad's an English professor. After a year there, I was like, 'Jesus. I don't want to do this. I don't want to be in the library.' So I pulled the ripcord, and that was it.
Nathaniel Philbrick -
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 -
Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.
F. Murray Abraham -
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 -
I took English courses in college, but I don't have an English degree. I have a degree in economics.
Patrick Carman
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The phrase 'blue plate special' has always been one of the homiest, coziest, most sweetly nostalgic phrases in the English language for me.
Kate Christensen -
It feels like Gangstarr is the purest group in hip-hop. They was shooting videos on the beach in the winter when the water was ice. Razor-blade music.
Fat Joe -
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 -
I love Jet Li, but he looks very Chinese, and his English is Chinese-accented. He wouldn't have been the right guy to play a Japanese-American.
Barry Eisler -
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 -
One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index.
Lafcadio Hearn
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It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
P. D. James -
One of the great privileges of having grown up in a middle-class literary English household, but having gone to school in the front lines in Southeast London, was that I became half-street-urchin and half-good-boy at home. I knew that dichotomy was possible.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
Ben Rome was a perfectionist. He checked every letter that went out to make sure the English was correct.
A. James Clark -
Afrikaans is my first language, although you would never know, as my English accent has more of an American-British thing going on from all my years of travelling.
Tanit Phoenix -
One thing I love about being back is English rain. Looking out of the window now, it's raining, and the sky is dark; I love it. To me, those are reassuringly English things. I love it when it rains.
Kate Winslet -
The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour.
Karl Marx
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The very sight of a teapot puts a smile on the face of most people. One cannot help but think of more serene and genteel times. From a whimsical child's teapot to an elegant English Teapot, to collectible teapots that adorn some homes, they are a subtle reminder of all that is good in this world.
Barbara Roberts -
Like practically everyone who grew up in Miami, I knew little about its history. We were more worried about mangoes falling on our cars.
Pamela Druckerman -
You know, you've got serious pieces, you've got light pieces, you've got cooking segments, you've got health-related topics, so it's not as if they've had a unique personality from the get-go.
Katie Couric -
Love from the fans is flattering. That's what makes the show. They are so essential to everything involved with 'Once Upon a Time.'
Jamie Dornan -
The English winter - ending in July to recommence in August.
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