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English Quotes

Even though I couldn’t speak English, there were many times that my black-American parents could read my mind and I could read theirs Picture Quote #1

Blade Runner is one of my favorite films. But, so many thing influenced me that aren’t science fiction because they were just good drama. I grew up watching a lot of French cinema. I was in love with The English Patient, and movies that are very romantic in nature and have a positive message. That’s a large part of my fingerprint Picture Quote #1

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He’s the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square Picture Quote #1

The English language is nobody’s special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself Picture Quote #1

What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man Picture Quote #1

There are many reasons why vulnerable young people join militant groups, but among them are poverty and ignorance. Indeed Boko Haram - which translates in English, roughly, as ‘Western Education Is Sinful’ - preys on the perverted belief that the opportunities that education brings are sinful Picture Quote #1

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All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers Picture Quote #1

I read everything. I’ll read a John Grisham novel, I’ll sit and read a whole book of poems by Maya Angelou, or I’ll just read some Mary Oliver - this is a book that was given to me for Christmas. No particular genre. And I read in French, and I read in German, and I read in English. I love to see how other people use language Picture Quote #1

I have stolen more quotes and thoughts and purely elegant little starbursts of writing from the Book of Revelation than anything else in the English language - and it is not because I am a biblical scholar, or because of any religious faith, but because I love the wild power of the language and the purity of the madness that governs it and makes it music Picture Quote #1

My mother had been an English teacher in India before she came to the U.K., and she taught me to read early on - not only in English, but in Hindi, too. My teachers didn’t like the fact that I was reading more quickly than they were teaching, and as a consequence, I would sometimes get bored in class Picture Quote #1

XIII’ is a spy show. I think the comic book is a little too similar to ‘The Bourne Identity.’ I tried to take it away from that. I believe there was, many years ago, before the Bourne movies, a lawsuit that made it so they couldn’t be published in English Picture Quote #1

It’s funny because I’m so used to acting in English that any time I have these moments where I have to speak Russian, it definitely takes a different part of my brain to pull it off, but it’s always nice and fun Picture Quote #1

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I majored in English in college, so I read the classic dystopian novels like 1984’ and ‘Brave New World.’ Picture Quote #1

When it comes to cakes and puddings, savouries, bread and tea cakes, the English cannot be surpassed Picture Quote #1

It’s difficult for me to feel that a solid page without the breakups of paragraphs can be interesting. I break mine up perhaps sooner than I should in terms of the usage of the English language Picture Quote #1

[ Full English breakfast] it’s what we grew up with! It is the one big treat that the kids get on the weekend - it’s good family time Picture Quote #1

In a couple of Ahdaf Soueif’s novels, she gets at the certain kind of English that’s being spoken by Egyptians. It’s a beautiful, expressive English but it is non-standard, broken English that happens to be efficient, eloquent, and communicates perfectly well even if it is breaking rules Picture Quote #1

I had three brilliant English teachers at secondary school. They found the writer in me Picture Quote #1

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If you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you won’t hear an English accent. You’ll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent Picture Quote #1

British actors come at acting from a slightly different angle. Because a lot of the films are cast out there, they are so used to the angle from which the Americans, and certainly the young guys from L.A., are coming at it, that I think it’s interesting for them to find these English actors who maybe approach acting from a different place Picture Quote #1

English has always had a special fondness for other European languages, a neighborly soft spot - perhaps because Britain has been invaded by speakers of those languages from the onset of its recorded history Picture Quote #1

I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary treasures Picture Quote #1

Equestrian, by the by, is the gayest word in the English language. In fact, I thought Brokeback Mountain should have been called Two Equestrians Picture Quote #1

Poor Knight! he really had two periods, the firsta dull man writing broken English, the seconda broken man writing dull English Picture Quote #1

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The Color Purple really floored me. That book was just incredible because I loved the language. The biggest deal of that book was that I loved the poetry of broken English. Broken English and vernacular. It just floored me that you can actually capture the way people really talked. And I also really connected to the social class element Picture Quote #1

You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole Picture Quote #1

In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle’s broken Picture Quote #1

My brother is a policeman; my sister’s an English teacher. When I hear what they make versus what I make, it’s ridiculous Picture Quote #1

My brother and I have matching tattoos on our arms. It says, ‘Humility is strength,’ in Portuguese and Italian, because my genius brother taught English in both Italy and Brazil Picture Quote #1

The day I’m in England performing, English security let a man in a Batman suit climb Buckingham Palace. I felt so much safer... Batman was on the wall of Buckingham Palace for five hours. Wouldn’t happen in America - three minutes: dead Batman Picture Quote #1

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Even though I couldn’t speak English, there were many times that my black-American parents could read my mind and I could read theirs. (English Quotes) Blade Runner is one of my favorite films. But, so many thing influenced me that aren’t science fiction because they were just good drama. I grew up watching a lot of French cinema. I was in love with The English Patient, and movies that are very romantic in nature and have a positive message. That’s a large part of my fingerprint. (English Quotes) Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He’s the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square. (English Quotes) The English language is nobody’s special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself. (English Quotes) What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man. (English Quotes) There are many reasons why vulnerable young people join militant groups, but among them are poverty and ignorance. Indeed Boko Haram - which translates in English, roughly, as ‘Western Education Is Sinful’ - preys on the perverted belief that the opportunities that education brings are sinful. (English Quotes) All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers (English Quotes) I read everything. I’ll read a John Grisham novel, I’ll sit and read a whole book of poems by Maya Angelou, or I’ll just read some Mary Oliver - this is a book that was given to me for Christmas. No particular genre. And I read in French, and I read in German, and I read in English. I love to see how other people use language. (English Quotes) I have stolen more quotes and thoughts and purely elegant little starbursts of writing from the Book of Revelation than anything else in the English language - and it is not because I am a biblical scholar, or because of any religious faith, but because I love the wild power of the language and the purity of the madness that governs it and makes it music. (English Quotes) My mother had been an English teacher in India before she came to the U.K., and she taught me to read early on - not only in English, but in Hindi, too. My teachers didn’t like the fact that I was reading more quickly than they were teaching, and as a consequence, I would sometimes get bored in class. (English Quotes) XIII’ is a spy show. I think the comic book is a little too similar to ‘The Bourne Identity.’ I tried to take it away from that. I believe there was, many years ago, before the Bourne movies, a lawsuit that made it so they couldn’t be published in English. (English Quotes) It’s funny because I’m so used to acting in English that any time I have these moments where I have to speak Russian, it definitely takes a different part of my brain to pull it off, but it’s always nice and fun. (English Quotes) I majored in English in college, so I read the classic dystopian novels like 1984’ and ‘Brave New World.’ (English Quotes) When it comes to cakes and puddings, savouries, bread and tea cakes, the English cannot be surpassed. (English Quotes) It’s difficult for me to feel that a solid page without the breakups of paragraphs can be interesting. I break mine up perhaps sooner than I should in terms of the usage of the English language. (English Quotes) [ Full English breakfast] it’s what we grew up with! It is the one big treat that the kids get on the weekend - it’s good family time. (English Quotes) In a couple of Ahdaf Soueif’s novels, she gets at the certain kind of English that’s being spoken by Egyptians. It’s a beautiful, expressive English but it is non-standard, broken English that happens to be efficient, eloquent, and communicates perfectly well even if it is breaking rules. (English Quotes) I had three brilliant English teachers at secondary school. They found the writer in me. (English Quotes) If you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you won’t hear an English accent. You’ll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent. (English Quotes) British actors come at acting from a slightly different angle. Because a lot of the films are cast out there, they are so used to the angle from which the Americans, and certainly the young guys from L.A., are coming at it, that I think it’s interesting for them to find these English actors who maybe approach acting from a different place. (English Quotes) English has always had a special fondness for other European languages, a neighborly soft spot - perhaps because Britain has been invaded by speakers of those languages from the onset of its recorded history. (English Quotes) I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary treasures. (English Quotes) Equestrian, by the by, is the gayest word in the English language. In fact, I thought Brokeback Mountain should have been called Two Equestrians. (English Quotes) Poor Knight! he really had two periods, the firsta dull man writing broken English, the seconda broken man writing dull English. (English Quotes) The Color Purple really floored me. That book was just incredible because I loved the language. The biggest deal of that book was that I loved the poetry of broken English. Broken English and vernacular. It just floored me that you can actually capture the way people really talked. And I also really connected to the social class element. (English Quotes) You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole. (English Quotes) In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle’s broken. (English Quotes) My brother is a policeman; my sister’s an English teacher. When I hear what they make versus what I make, it’s ridiculous. (English Quotes) My brother and I have matching tattoos on our arms. It says, ‘Humility is strength,’ in Portuguese and Italian, because my genius brother taught English in both Italy and Brazil. (English Quotes) The day I’m in England performing, English security let a man in a Batman suit climb Buckingham Palace. I felt so much safer... Batman was on the wall of Buckingham Palace for five hours. Wouldn’t happen in America - three minutes: dead Batman. (English Quotes)

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