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When I’m working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till makeup comes off. I just want everyone to be at ease, and not have the show’s creators think, ‘Oh my God, he’s so English, why did we hire him?’ Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you’ve ever heard. I want to be an American doing nothing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

One thing that I miss because we spend a lot of time in America is English food, like cooked breakfast and Sunday dinners Picture Quote #1

I started in movies in Mexico and started doing telenovelas in Mexico. ‘American Family’ was the first thing I did in English Picture Quote #1

The business is so international now; you’ll be working on an American film, and you’ll start chatting to someone, and it’s like: ‘Oh, you’re English, too.’ Picture Quote #1

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I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn’t afford the equipment Picture Quote #1

Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English Picture Quote #1

There are no English, French, German or American Jews, but only Jews > > >living in England, France, Germany or America Picture Quote #1

I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic Picture Quote #1

The main differences between contemporary English and American literature is that the baleful pseudo-professionalism imparted by all those crap M.F.A. writing programs has yet to settle like a miasma of standardization on the English literary scene. But it’s beginning to happen Picture Quote #1

It’s funny, I started by making fake American movies, ‘The Transporter’ and stuff like that. I was shooting in France, but everything was in English. But then afterwards, I was looking at real French movies like the Jacques Audiard movies Picture Quote #1

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I would like to perform more in English. But there have to be many good things gathered for me to be willing to do a movie. I watch trailers of every new American movie and I’m, like, ‘OK, I’m not missing anything!’ Picture Quote #1

I learned English at school, or at least that’s how it started. Also, in Holland - as opposed to some other European countries - we don’t dub anything, so as a kid growing up, always watching English and American movies in their original language really helped Picture Quote #1

The true sovereign is not the American president nor the English king, but the Lord of the Second Advent Picture Quote #1

Not only the financial power, but also the legal power, has remained seated in Britain. The Washington Post commented on June 18, 1983 that after the American Revolution, all the old laws remained in effect in the new United States: Some of these laws of English common law dated back to 1278, long before America was discovered Picture Quote #1

I’m English, definitely. I don’t feel like I’m American in any way Picture Quote #1

Our everyday language has become encumbered, Germanic, artificial, bureaucratic, inorganic. It may not be exaggerated to say that by now American writers face but two alternatives: write English, or write gobbledygook Picture Quote #1

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In English the expression ‘ancient Greece’ includes the meaning of ‘finished,’ whereas for us Greece goes on living, for better or for worse; it is in life, has not expired yet Picture Quote #1

In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required Picture Quote #1

There’s a famous artist, Ron English, in New York, that just, or Andy Warhol for that matter, that did pop art that terrorized society. And that’s, for the last like 10, 15 years, that’s all I wanted to do, is terrorize society and make them look into a mirror and see what the hell we have wrought Picture Quote #1

For Dicey, writing in 1885, and for me reading him some seventy years later, the rule of law still had a very English, or at least Anglo-Saxon, feel to it. It was later, through Hayek’s masterpieces The Constitution of Liberty and Law, Legislation and Liberty that I really came to think this principle as having wider application Picture Quote #1

I fancy it must be the quantity of animal food eaten by the English which renders their character insusceptible to civilization. I suspect it is in their kitchens and not in their churches that the reformation must be worked Picture Quote #1

I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I’m taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes I feel I can’t quite master my written and spoken Spanish, because I’m too much a student of English. I would need another lifetime to learn it Picture Quote #1

I feel blessed to even be able to put out an English album. Not too many Latin artists get the opportunity to come out and record another genre that’s so different to Bachata Picture Quote #1

I do believe, given the heritage of Al Jazeera itself in Arabic and in English, I think Al Jazeera will succeed in introducing another perspective on the news that the American market is in need for Picture Quote #1

My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don’t speak English Picture Quote #1

My dad is an ob-gyn - he’s retired now - and he wanted to come to the States to make a better life, for opportunity. My mom said that, on the plane ride here, I did not want to speak a word of English - I spoke Tagalog. And then, after the first day of school, I didn’t want to speak anything but English Picture Quote #1

After I’d been in college for a couple years I’d read Shakespeare and Frost and Chaucer and the poets of the Harlem Renaissance. I’d come to appreciate how gorgeous the English language could be. But most fantasy novels didn’t seem to make the effort Picture Quote #1

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When I’m working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till makeup comes off. I just want everyone to be at ease, and not have the show’s creators think, ‘Oh my God, he’s so English, why did we hire him?’ (English Quotes) I don’t want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you’ve ever heard. I want to be an American doing nothing. (English Quotes) 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. (English Quotes) One thing that I miss because we spend a lot of time in America is English food, like cooked breakfast and Sunday dinners. (English Quotes) I started in movies in Mexico and started doing telenovelas in Mexico. ‘American Family’ was the first thing I did in English. (English Quotes) The business is so international now; you’ll be working on an American film, and you’ll start chatting to someone, and it’s like: ‘Oh, you’re English, too.’ (English Quotes) I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn’t afford the equipment. (English Quotes) Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English (English Quotes) There are no English, French, German or American Jews, but only Jews > > >living in England, France, Germany or America. (English Quotes) I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic. (English Quotes) The main differences between contemporary English and American literature is that the baleful pseudo-professionalism imparted by all those crap M.F.A. writing programs has yet to settle like a miasma of standardization on the English literary scene. But it’s beginning to happen. (English Quotes) It’s funny, I started by making fake American movies, ‘The Transporter’ and stuff like that. I was shooting in France, but everything was in English. But then afterwards, I was looking at real French movies like the Jacques Audiard movies. (English Quotes) I would like to perform more in English. But there have to be many good things gathered for me to be willing to do a movie. I watch trailers of every new American movie and I’m, like, ‘OK, I’m not missing anything!’ (English Quotes) I learned English at school, or at least that’s how it started. Also, in Holland - as opposed to some other European countries - we don’t dub anything, so as a kid growing up, always watching English and American movies in their original language really helped. (English Quotes) The true sovereign is not the American president nor the English king, but the Lord of the Second Advent. (English Quotes) Not only the financial power, but also the legal power, has remained seated in Britain. The Washington Post commented on June 18, 1983 that after the American Revolution, all the old laws remained in effect in the new United States: Some of these laws of English common law dated back to 1278, long before America was discovered. (English Quotes) I’m English, definitely. I don’t feel like I’m American in any way. (English Quotes) Our everyday language has become encumbered, Germanic, artificial, bureaucratic, inorganic. It may not be exaggerated to say that by now American writers face but two alternatives: write English, or write gobbledygook. (English Quotes) In English the expression ‘ancient Greece’ includes the meaning of ‘finished,’ whereas for us Greece goes on living, for better or for worse; it is in life, has not expired yet. (English Quotes) In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required. (English Quotes) There’s a famous artist, Ron English, in New York, that just, or Andy Warhol for that matter, that did pop art that terrorized society. And that’s, for the last like 10, 15 years, that’s all I wanted to do, is terrorize society and make them look into a mirror and see what the hell we have wrought. (English Quotes) For Dicey, writing in 1885, and for me reading him some seventy years later, the rule of law still had a very English, or at least Anglo-Saxon, feel to it. It was later, through Hayek’s masterpieces The Constitution of Liberty and Law, Legislation and Liberty that I really came to think this principle as having wider application. (English Quotes) I fancy it must be the quantity of animal food eaten by the English which renders their character insusceptible to civilization. I suspect it is in their kitchens and not in their churches that the reformation must be worked. (English Quotes) I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I’m taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing. (English Quotes) Sometimes I feel I can’t quite master my written and spoken Spanish, because I’m too much a student of English. I would need another lifetime to learn it. (English Quotes) I feel blessed to even be able to put out an English album. Not too many Latin artists get the opportunity to come out and record another genre that’s so different to Bachata. (English Quotes) I do believe, given the heritage of Al Jazeera itself in Arabic and in English, I think Al Jazeera will succeed in introducing another perspective on the news that the American market is in need for. (English Quotes) My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don’t speak English. (English Quotes) My dad is an ob-gyn - he’s retired now - and he wanted to come to the States to make a better life, for opportunity. My mom said that, on the plane ride here, I did not want to speak a word of English - I spoke Tagalog. And then, after the first day of school, I didn’t want to speak anything but English. (English Quotes) After I’d been in college for a couple years I’d read Shakespeare and Frost and Chaucer and the poets of the Harlem Renaissance. I’d come to appreciate how gorgeous the English language could be. But most fantasy novels didn’t seem to make the effort. (English Quotes)

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