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A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said, you still look like a Campbell’s Soup kid Picture Quote #1

Actually John, Paul Rutherford, and Trevor Watts, and several other rather well known English jazz musicians had got their training by joining the Air Force, which was a pretty standard way for people to get some kind of musical education in those days Picture Quote #1

At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language Picture Quote #1

Both my parents are English and came out to Australia in 1967. I was born the following year. My parents, and immigrants like them, were known as ‘£10 poms.’ Back then, the Australian government was trying to get educated British people and Canadians - to be honest, educated white people - to come and live in Australia Picture Quote #1

English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say Picture Quote #1

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Lectures broke into one’s day and were clearly a terrible waste of time, necessary no doubt if you were reading law or medicine or some other vocational subject, but in the case of English, the natural thing to do was talk a lot, listen to music, drink coffee and wine, read books, and go to plays, perhaps be in plays… Picture Quote #1

The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment Picture Quote #1

I shall be dark and French and fashionable and difficult. And you shall be sweet and open and English and fair. What a pair we shall be! What man can resist us? Picture Quote #1

I first adventure, follow me who list And be the second English satirist Picture Quote #1

It’s not that I don’t like American pop; I’m a huge admirer of it, but I think my roots came from a very English and Irish base. Is it all sort of totally non-American sounding, do you think? Picture Quote #1

I graduated with an English degree and worked for awhile in academic publishing Picture Quote #1

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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me Picture Quote #1

I used to write a lot of songs. I was an English major in college. I was a deluded poet for a year. Totally deluded Picture Quote #1

I’m adapting quite well to English football with the same will I’ve always had Picture Quote #1

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

English is really free for me; there’s no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it’s just I live in Paris, and it’s really a poetic language where you can really play with words Picture Quote #1

I studied Shakespeare all through high school. Both of my parents teach English and history, so it has always been around my experience as a young man Picture Quote #1

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I don’t speak English, so I’ll just have to win the trust and confidence of the fans with my performance on the field Picture Quote #1

When I started acting, there were parts in English that I thought I just had to try it out and go to another country. I did a film in Ireland. It was my first film abroad Picture Quote #1

English life, while very pleasant, is rather bland. I expected kindness and gentility and I found it, but there is such a thing as too much couth Picture Quote #1

English experience indicates that when the two great political parties agree about something it is generally wrong Picture Quote #1

Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears Picture Quote #1

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn’t speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education Picture Quote #1

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English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it’s not by design. The United States dominates because it’s the biggest market Picture Quote #1

English people don’t have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously Picture Quote #1

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street 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

For example, I loved English and history at school. I would have loved to have done a degree in either. But my Mom said I didn’t have time for university Picture Quote #1

For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one’s literary education very incomplete Picture Quote #1

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A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said, you still look like a Campbell’s Soup kid (English Quotes) Actually John, Paul Rutherford, and Trevor Watts, and several other rather well known English jazz musicians had got their training by joining the Air Force, which was a pretty standard way for people to get some kind of musical education in those days (English Quotes) At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language (English Quotes) Both my parents are English and came out to Australia in 1967. I was born the following year. My parents, and immigrants like them, were known as ‘£10 poms.’ Back then, the Australian government was trying to get educated British people and Canadians - to be honest, educated white people - to come and live in Australia (English Quotes) English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say (English Quotes) English history consists largely of royal people getting their heads chopped off... Needless to say, this brand of history was a hit with our son (English Quotes) Lectures broke into one’s day and were clearly a terrible waste of time, necessary no doubt if you were reading law or medicine or some other vocational subject, but in the case of English, the natural thing to do was talk a lot, listen to music, drink coffee and wine, read books, and go to plays, perhaps be in plays… (English Quotes) The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment (English Quotes) I shall be dark and French and fashionable and difficult. And you shall be sweet and open and English and fair. What a pair we shall be! What man can resist us? (English Quotes) I first adventure, follow me who list And be the second English satirist (English Quotes) It’s not that I don’t like American pop; I’m a huge admirer of it, but I think my roots came from a very English and Irish base. Is it all sort of totally non-American sounding, do you think? (English Quotes) I graduated with an English degree and worked for awhile in academic publishing (English Quotes) In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me (English Quotes) I used to write a lot of songs. I was an English major in college. I was a deluded poet for a year. Totally deluded (English Quotes) I’m adapting quite well to English football with the same will I’ve always had (English Quotes) I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I’m comfortable in is English (English Quotes) English is really free for me; there’s no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it’s just I live in Paris, and it’s really a poetic language where you can really play with words (English Quotes) I studied Shakespeare all through high school. Both of my parents teach English and history, so it has always been around my experience as a young man (English Quotes) I don’t speak English, so I’ll just have to win the trust and confidence of the fans with my performance on the field (English Quotes) When I started acting, there were parts in English that I thought I just had to try it out and go to another country. I did a film in Ireland. It was my first film abroad (English Quotes) English life, while very pleasant, is rather bland. I expected kindness and gentility and I found it, but there is such a thing as too much couth (English Quotes) English experience indicates that when the two great political parties agree about something it is generally wrong (English Quotes) Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears (English Quotes) Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn’t speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education (English Quotes) English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it’s not by design. The United States dominates because it’s the biggest market (English Quotes) English people don’t have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously (English Quotes) English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street (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) For example, I loved English and history at school. I would have loved to have done a degree in either. But my Mom said I didn’t have time for university (English Quotes) For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one’s literary education very incomplete (English Quotes)

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