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English Quotes

When it is possible that people don’t understand my English, I take my guitar and speak with my music! Picture Quote #1

The four most important words in the English language are, What do you think? Listen to your people and learn Picture Quote #1

It’s an important social duty to spread the word of English to people whose livelihoods depend on knowing the language Picture Quote #1

The Welsh people have a talent for acting that one does not find in the English. The English lack heart Picture Quote #1

Teaching English is an intrinsically radical act. Is it possible to teach English so that people stop killing each other? Picture Quote #1

Sometimes when people can’t speak English, they hum the melody instead of singing along. Having 20,000 people humming your song is incredible Picture Quote #1

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Civilization is not an incurable disease, but it should never be forgotten that the English people are at present afflicted by it Picture Quote #1

A lot of English traditional music is guesswork anyway, so it’s very difficult for people to be vehemently opposed to experimenting with it Picture Quote #1

In the long revolt against inherited forms that has by now become the narrative of 20th-century poetry in English, no poet was more flamboyant or more recognizable in his iconoclasm than Cummings Picture Quote #1

I put it to you that there are no British poets, there are no British novelists. I have heard myself described as one, but I think really I’m an English novelist; there are Scottish poets and Scottish novelists Picture Quote #1

As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn’t as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be Picture Quote #1

Poets writing in English have long learned to mourn from classical precedents. They have drawn on a tradition of pastoral elegies, which incorporate the dead into the cycles of nature, that runs from Theocritus’ Idylls to John Milton’s ‘Lycidas’ and Percy Shelley’s ‘Adonais.’ Picture Quote #1

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Ageism,’ or whatever you want to call it, is a very English phenomenon. You don’t get it too much in many other cultures. And no one says it about authors or poets or filmmakers. ‘Oh, they’re too old to make films or write books.’ Picture Quote #1

An English poet writes, I think, just for people who are interested in poetry. An American poet writes, and feels that everyone ought to appreciate this. Then he has a deep sense of grievance . . Picture Quote #1

The length and shape of the poemetto, like the greater Romantic lyric of English poetry, lends itself to retrospection and commentary Picture Quote #1

Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has a rigour to it Picture Quote #1

The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a series of identically measured lines. It sounds like a series of subtle variations on the same theme Picture Quote #1

In the French language, there is a great gulf between prose and poetry; in English, there is hardly any difference. It is a splendid privilege of the great literary languages Greek, Latin, and French that they possess a prose. English has not this privilege. There is no prose in English Picture Quote #1

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When I’m writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual Picture Quote #1

I got a bit obsessed with the whole English language and was writing journals and poetry. I’ve always been intrigued about psychology and philosophy and how people’s minds work Picture Quote #1

The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour Picture Quote #1

The way we look at nineteenth-century English social realism and appreciate the working classes of the emerging industrial revolution Picture Quote #1

I went to an English school and was brought up in English. So I don’t feel Czech Picture Quote #1

I was born here in the States. I moved to Portugal when I was five. And then my parents put me in an English school Picture Quote #1

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I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin Picture Quote #1

I know I’m not known as method. By nature I’m not a brooder. What I continue to use is a mixture of the English school, which is traditionally outside-in, and the more American way of working from the inside out Picture Quote #1

People forget that there are villages and communities that are still speaking French all over Canada. I went to a bar and spoke with some French people there, and they were saying: ‘I went to English school, but at home it was always French, and that’s going to be the way it is for my kids.’ It’s important for them to keep that language alive Picture Quote #1

I studied in American school, so yes, I grew up speaking English and Spanish. Obviously, Spanish is my first language Picture Quote #1

In school in Lebanon, we were not allowed to speak Arabic during breaks - it had to be French or English Picture Quote #1

I’m old-school English, so I suppose I’m quite protective - especially of time. Now that I’m a father, every moment is precious Picture Quote #1

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When it is possible that people don’t understand my English, I take my guitar and speak with my music! (English Quotes) The four most important words in the English language are, What do you think? Listen to your people and learn. (English Quotes) It’s an important social duty to spread the word of English to people whose livelihoods depend on knowing the language. (English Quotes) The Welsh people have a talent for acting that one does not find in the English. The English lack heart. (English Quotes) Teaching English is an intrinsically radical act. Is it possible to teach English so that people stop killing each other? (English Quotes) Sometimes when people can’t speak English, they hum the melody instead of singing along. Having 20,000 people humming your song is incredible. (English Quotes) Civilization is not an incurable disease, but it should never be forgotten that the English people are at present afflicted by it. (English Quotes) A lot of English traditional music is guesswork anyway, so it’s very difficult for people to be vehemently opposed to experimenting with it. (English Quotes) In the long revolt against inherited forms that has by now become the narrative of 20th-century poetry in English, no poet was more flamboyant or more recognizable in his iconoclasm than Cummings. (English Quotes) I put it to you that there are no British poets, there are no British novelists. I have heard myself described as one, but I think really I’m an English novelist; there are Scottish poets and Scottish novelists. (English Quotes) As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn’t as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be. (English Quotes) Poets writing in English have long learned to mourn from classical precedents. They have drawn on a tradition of pastoral elegies, which incorporate the dead into the cycles of nature, that runs from Theocritus’ Idylls to John Milton’s ‘Lycidas’ and Percy Shelley’s ‘Adonais.’ (English Quotes) Ageism,’ or whatever you want to call it, is a very English phenomenon. You don’t get it too much in many other cultures. And no one says it about authors or poets or filmmakers. ‘Oh, they’re too old to make films or write books.’ (English Quotes) An English poet writes, I think, just for people who are interested in poetry. An American poet writes, and feels that everyone ought to appreciate this. Then he has a deep sense of grievance . . . (English Quotes) The length and shape of the poemetto, like the greater Romantic lyric of English poetry, lends itself to retrospection and commentary. (English Quotes) Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has a rigour to it. (English Quotes) The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a series of identically measured lines. It sounds like a series of subtle variations on the same theme. (English Quotes) In the French language, there is a great gulf between prose and poetry; in English, there is hardly any difference. It is a splendid privilege of the great literary languages Greek, Latin, and French that they possess a prose. English has not this privilege. There is no prose in English. (English Quotes) When I’m writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual. (English Quotes) I got a bit obsessed with the whole English language and was writing journals and poetry. I’ve always been intrigued about psychology and philosophy and how people’s minds work. (English Quotes) The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour. (English Quotes) The way we look at nineteenth-century English social realism and appreciate the working classes of the emerging industrial revolution. (English Quotes) I went to an English school and was brought up in English. So I don’t feel Czech. (English Quotes) I was born here in the States. I moved to Portugal when I was five. And then my parents put me in an English school. (English Quotes) I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin. (English Quotes) I know I’m not known as method. By nature I’m not a brooder. What I continue to use is a mixture of the English school, which is traditionally outside-in, and the more American way of working from the inside out. (English Quotes) People forget that there are villages and communities that are still speaking French all over Canada. I went to a bar and spoke with some French people there, and they were saying: ‘I went to English school, but at home it was always French, and that’s going to be the way it is for my kids.’ It’s important for them to keep that language alive. (English Quotes) I studied in American school, so yes, I grew up speaking English and Spanish. Obviously, Spanish is my first language. (English Quotes) In school in Lebanon, we were not allowed to speak Arabic during breaks - it had to be French or English. (English Quotes) I’m old-school English, so I suppose I’m quite protective - especially of time. Now that I’m a father, every moment is precious. (English Quotes)

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