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I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.
Learning how to rap actually improved my English, because it forced me to talk fast, and I used to suck at that.
Maybe it's because I'm English, but in terms of how people perceive us I only pick up on the negative side of it.
Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles.
Apart from English, I speak my mother tongue Malayalam, as well as Tamil, Telugu, and a bit of Kannada and French.
I watch loads of football; whenever I am not playing, I am at home watching matches, including the English league.
I've given up my Ferrari - the idea of going through my village in a 488... You can't drive them on English roads.
I haven't had any formal education. Through the grace of god, I am gifted in mathematics and the English language.
Bowen is a Welsh name and the family background is more rugby than football, but we're English through and through.
I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds.
I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.
If I'm in the English countryside and get on my bicycle, I see what sort of strange inbred rural locals I can snap.
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion.
I moved to Oklahoma to learn English when I was 16 years old from Colombia for six months; then I moved to New York.
'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence?
I'll never forget where I'm from, never forget my roots. It doesn't matter where I live. I'm English, simple as that.
I feel comfortable in Spanish, I chat like a parrot, but I don't have the confidence in Spanish that I do in English.
I'm a mongrel in the sense that I'm Spanish, English, Latino, Jewish, north, south - all these things are mixed in me.
I studied in American school, so yes, I grew up speaking English and Spanish. Obviously, Spanish is my first language.
'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine.'
Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And L.A. is the 'What party?' capital of the world.
I had a weird accent. Dutch people speak American English, and my parents were Jamaican, with their own broken English.
English dialogue is the best in the world. So dry and direct. The Italian language is beautiful, but it is too literary.
English is like music. The English language is really fit for singing. The notes match the feelings, and it makes sense.
Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five!
My brother is a policeman; my sister's an English teacher. When I hear what they make versus what I make, it's ridiculous.
We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.
The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
Being tall isn't what makes you a good footballer, and I don't think that's the defining factor in English football at all.
Writing in English made me become a foreigner in my own country. It helped me create the necessary distance to my homeland.
I always wanted to do my solo album in English, because I grew up listening to a lot of pop artists and English-based songs.
You can't be an American if you don't speak English. Our public schools should be mandated to teach all children in English.
We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.
What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
I am working on my English skills that will help me on the pitch. Communication between each other makes our job much easier.
I grew up speaking Korean, but my dad spoke English very well. I learned a lot of how to speak English by watching television.
I can do Shakespeare, Ibsen, English accents, Irish accents, no accent, stand on my head, tap dance, sing, look 17 or look 70.
I have mortally opposed the English king; I have stormed and taken the towns and castles which he unjustly claimed as his own.
My sole recreations consist in dancing English hornpipes and cutting capers. Italy is a land of sleep; I am always drowsy here.
I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor.
English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere.
Polo is a quintessentially English sport. It stands for quality and sophistication and is recognised all over the world as such.
I like to read Bengali novels and short stories. I am not that fond of reading English books, as I don't have a connect with it.
I grew up in a physical world, and I speak English. The next generation is growing up in a digital world, and they speak social.
The English National Opera does have some terrific productions, which are accessible, and they're not too ridiculously expensive.
When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play. And that was it.
In the English market, I would love to work with Drake and Rihanna. Who doesn't, right? In the Spanish market, maybe Romeo Santos.