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I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college. What I’ve learned about history is in the field, so to speak. Going into the archives and working with it directly Picture Quote #1

As an English major I was familiar with the stories of dozens of writers trying to get their work done among the multifarious diversions of the world and the hurdles of their own vices. A professor had said that what saved writers is that they, like politicians, had the illusion of destiny that allowed them to overcome obstacles no matter how nominal their work Picture Quote #1

I was an English major in university and that got me into novels, but I read a lot of books as a kid Picture Quote #1

More than anything, being an English major made me more appreciative of authors and what an incredible feat it is to just finish a novel, let alone a really brilliant one Picture Quote #1

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, my wife speaks five languages: Russian, English, French, Italian and, out of self-defense, Spanish. I watched her learn Spanish in three months Picture Quote #1

I love to read. I was in AP English in high school, and we were assigned books every few months. ‘Moby Dick’ and ‘The Great Gatsby’ are two of my favorite ones Picture Quote #1

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Batman’ took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time before my English accent came out again. I was actually having to try for it Picture Quote #1

I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I’m comfortable in is English Picture Quote #1

I learned English kind of late. I remember when I got my first opportunity to work in America, I didn’t speak a lot of English, so I only really knew my lines for the movie I was doing Picture Quote #1

I am the only living person in the English speaking world who didn’t have the Narnia books as a child Picture Quote #1

I couldn’t speak English. I’m in kindergarten, and the only reason I got through to first grade is because I cheated Picture Quote #1

Is it O.K. that I speak in English? The only thing I know in Dutch is how to order pot Picture Quote #1

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‘Ouch’ is not independent of social training. One has only to prick a foreigner to appreciate that it is an English word Picture Quote #1

Spelling is difficult because there are too many rules. Silent letters only exist to make it harder for illegal immigrants to learn English Picture Quote #1

One Chinese tweet is equal to 3.5 English tweets. ... Because of this, the Chinese really regard this microblogging as a media, not only a headline to media Picture Quote #1

Goodbye Darcy, goodbye Jean, goodbye stone cottage, scratchy towels, fields of wildflowers; good bye gorgeous Peak District ... OK English People, for your own good, get off the roads, here we come! Picture Quote #1

Hocus was an old cunning attorney. The words of consecration, Hoc est corpus, were travestied into a nickname for jugglery, as Hocus-pocus. - John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People, 1874. see Charles Macklin Picture Quote #1

My fitness trainer’s English, my physio’s English, some of my friends are English. I don’t have a problem with English people at all Picture Quote #1

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I get some heat for what English people call ‘overproduction.’ I don’t think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated Picture Quote #1

I’ve played a lot of very posh, sort of noble or aristocratic English people, which is nothing like what I am, so I feel that there is quite a lot distance there and have played a little bit far away from myself Picture Quote #1

I’m reasonably easygoing. Messing up my lines or making a fool of myself is where you find my fears. Like a lot of English people, I’m prey to embarrassment - the dread that everyone’s sort of sniggering at you, that you’re going to look like an idiot. I think that sort of halts us all Picture Quote #1

The English are probably the most tolerant, least religious people on earth Picture Quote #1

English people ... never speak, excepting in cases of fire or murder, unless they are introduced Picture Quote #1

You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people’s command of English - that’s nonsense Picture Quote #1

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Unless people can express themselves well in ordinary English, they don’t know what they are talking about Picture Quote #1

I guess the most interesting thing that people think is I’m English [because of The Mighty Boosh] Picture Quote #1

The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world! Picture Quote #1

The principal industrial excellence of the English people lay in their capacity of present exertion for a distant object Picture Quote #1

To this day, good English usually means the English wealthy and powerful people spoke a generation or two ago Picture Quote #1

Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music Picture Quote #1

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I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college. What I’ve learned about history is in the field, so to speak. Going into the archives and working with it directly. (English Quotes) As an English major I was familiar with the stories of dozens of writers trying to get their work done among the multifarious diversions of the world and the hurdles of their own vices. A professor had said that what saved writers is that they, like politicians, had the illusion of destiny that allowed them to overcome obstacles no matter how nominal their work. (English Quotes) I was an English major in university and that got me into novels, but I read a lot of books as a kid. (English Quotes) More than anything, being an English major made me more appreciative of authors and what an incredible feat it is to just finish a novel, let alone a really brilliant one. (English Quotes) Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, my wife speaks five languages: Russian, English, French, Italian and, out of self-defense, Spanish. I watched her learn Spanish in three months. (English Quotes) I love to read. I was in AP English in high school, and we were assigned books every few months. ‘Moby Dick’ and ‘The Great Gatsby’ are two of my favorite ones. (English Quotes) Batman’ took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time before my English accent came out again. I was actually having to try for it. (English Quotes) I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I’m comfortable in is English. (English Quotes) I learned English kind of late. I remember when I got my first opportunity to work in America, I didn’t speak a lot of English, so I only really knew my lines for the movie I was doing. (English Quotes) I am the only living person in the English speaking world who didn’t have the Narnia books as a child. (English Quotes) I couldn’t speak English. I’m in kindergarten, and the only reason I got through to first grade is because I cheated. (English Quotes) Is it O.K. that I speak in English? The only thing I know in Dutch is how to order pot. (English Quotes) ‘Ouch’ is not independent of social training. One has only to prick a foreigner to appreciate that it is an English word. (English Quotes) Spelling is difficult because there are too many rules. Silent letters only exist to make it harder for illegal immigrants to learn English. (English Quotes) One Chinese tweet is equal to 3.5 English tweets. ... Because of this, the Chinese really regard this microblogging as a media, not only a headline to media. (English Quotes) Goodbye Darcy, goodbye Jean, goodbye stone cottage, scratchy towels, fields of wildflowers; good bye gorgeous Peak District ... OK English People, for your own good, get off the roads, here we come! (English Quotes) Hocus was an old cunning attorney. The words of consecration, Hoc est corpus, were travestied into a nickname for jugglery, as Hocus-pocus. - John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People, 1874. see Charles Macklin. (English Quotes) My fitness trainer’s English, my physio’s English, some of my friends are English. I don’t have a problem with English people at all. (English Quotes) I get some heat for what English people call ‘overproduction.’ I don’t think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated. (English Quotes) I’ve played a lot of very posh, sort of noble or aristocratic English people, which is nothing like what I am, so I feel that there is quite a lot distance there and have played a little bit far away from myself. (English Quotes) I’m reasonably easygoing. Messing up my lines or making a fool of myself is where you find my fears. Like a lot of English people, I’m prey to embarrassment - the dread that everyone’s sort of sniggering at you, that you’re going to look like an idiot. I think that sort of halts us all. (English Quotes) The English are probably the most tolerant, least religious people on earth (English Quotes) English people ... never speak, excepting in cases of fire or murder, unless they are introduced. (English Quotes) You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people’s command of English - that’s nonsense. (English Quotes) Unless people can express themselves well in ordinary English, they don’t know what they are talking about. (English Quotes) I guess the most interesting thing that people think is I’m English [because of The Mighty Boosh]. (English Quotes) The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world! (English Quotes) The principal industrial excellence of the English people lay in their capacity of present exertion for a distant object. (English Quotes) To this day, good English usually means the English wealthy and powerful people spoke a generation or two ago. (English Quotes) Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music. (English Quotes)

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