My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
“We were supposed to be an English literature class, but Miss Nesbitt used literature to teach real life. She said she didn't… — Phillip Hoose Copy Share Image
Americans who have travelled and who have English friends know we are not necessarily all baddies, but I think that seeing us… — David Warner Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a reluctant Anglophile. My mother's a children's librarian, and all of the children's literature I read was from her… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
No matter how irrelevant social class now is, even the most eager egalitarian must be quietly proud that the posh English rose… — Kate Reardon Copy Share Image
I made 'Enemy' to prep myself for 'Prisoners.' I had the need to direct something smaller in English before going to Hollywood.… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
I love to read. I was in AP English in high school, and we were assigned books every few months. 'Moby Dick'… — Spencer Boldman Copy Share Image
The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language… — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Yes I am aware of the rules. Yes I can totally see how I err the Queen. Yes it is this very… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
Throughout most of my life, I've tried to downplay my Chinese heritage because I wanted so much to be an American. I… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I'm not a xenophobe - I think immigration is a good thing for most countries - but they transmute the foibles of… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
Make no mistake: one is not a better Quebecer because one speaks French. One is not less of a Quebecer because one… — Pierre Moreau Copy Share Image
The only thing that I'd rather own than Windows is English, because then I could charge you two hundred and forty-nine dollars… — Scott McNealy Copy Share Image
I'm reasonably easygoing. Messing up my lines or making a fool of myself is where you find my fears. Like a lot… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
My English teacher always gave me scripts for plays, but I was into sports. My friend said there were small parts I… — Santiago Cabrera Copy Share Image
The inner me was always under attack by authority, by the way my parents wanted me to be brought up, by these… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
One of my greatest sadnesses at the prospective break-up of the Union is that it will set English, Welsh and Northern Irish… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
As languages go, English is pretty user friendly. If you look at a tiny language spoken somewhere that most of us have… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is that fewer people in Tokyo are able to do business in English than in many other… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
When I was 19, I thought I wanted to be an English civil servant. It was the most exotic thing at the… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
There's a lot of rage in my head. I like the friction that means there is nothing relaxing about writing a poem.… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
My dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish. That's the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
“Seriously. What was with British people? They didn't hug, and they sang their national anthem as if they ruled the world, which… — Rachel Van Dyken Copy Share Image
When I moved to London at age 16, tired of the shuffle around other people's houses and ready to live on my… — Allegra Huston Copy Share Image
My own brand will stand or fall because of me. Dior won't fall if I fall. It will also still stand if… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I loved movies as a teenager and saw as much American cinema as I could, but I hated the English films of… — Stephen Rea Copy Share Image
I don't really know what Americans are like. I've no idea. I know a few things about them. In my imagination, they… — Sebastian Horsley Copy Share Image
There's no nation under the sun can beat the English for ill-politeness: for my part, I hate the very sight of them;… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
Being the offspring of English teachers is a mixed blessing. When the film star says to you, on the air, 'It was… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
It is the clash of two different worlds that makes British-ness unique - we have an aristocratic, noble history, but it is… — Christopher Bailey Copy Share Image
I was never particularly academic, so it was no great surprise when I failed my 11-plus and consequently went to Wibsey Secondary… — Kiki Dee Copy Share Image
Something I miss terribly from the '60s - the most important phrase in the English language was, 'I got hung up.' Somebody… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
“The difference between the vanity of a Frenchman and an Englishman is this: The one thinks everything right that is French, while… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
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… — Will Self Copy Share Image
When I speak in English, my expressions become different. My attitude, too. I'm not sure why, but there really is a difference.… — Gong Li Copy Share Image
The first question is always, 'We loved him on 'Dancing with the Stars,' we loved him in the Olympics, but can he… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
When I was living in Paris in the '80s, I used to go out with an American model who couldn't speak French.… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
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