For me, at least, much of the German I see and hear sounds stranger than Swedish, a language of which I unfortunately… — Heinrich Boll Copy Share Image
My mother is not a woman of ordinary culture. She knows literature and speaks Spanish better than I do. She even corrected… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
I'm very lucky, because it's a combination of the German, the Hebrew, the Swiss, the French, and that accent helped because as… — Ruth Westheimer Copy Share Image
“English is only a weak second language, so that the third language--which at the moment is getting the most play, since French… — Apol Lejano-Massebieau Copy Share Image
My sister and brother and I grew up speaking both languages - French to our father and English to our mother. But… — Princess Stephanie of Monaco Copy Share Image
It taught the English to speak Spanish and it taught the Spanish to speak English. If we had more songs such as… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I want to sing more in Spanish. I want to sing the songs of Granados; the songs of Montsalvatge. To do things… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
“If you speak and write in English, or Spanish, or Chinese, or any other language, then only a certain percentage of human… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Meaning can be usually be approximated, but often by sacrificing style. When I review my translations into Spanish, that's what I'm most… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
“But Spanish and English aren't different languages, only extreme dialects of Latin. It's almost possible to translate word for word. Translation from… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
I'm at the age when my friends have started having kids, and when my first good friend had a baby, the first… — Jessica Pare Copy Share Image
I always find that I'm less sarcastic in France and maybe I'm a bit more shy and a bit more reserved, even… — Freya Mavor Copy Share Image
My husband and I speak an ancient language called grammatical English, and the kids speak a strange dialect which is difficult to… — Teresa Bloomingdale Copy Share Image
It's one thing to be writing in South or Latin America, where, except for Brazil, every country, however small and hard to… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
“—Él es mi alma gemela, es mi mejor amigo. La única persona que realmente me conoce, cuando estoy con él, ya no… — Lolo Mayaya Copy Share Image
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Secessionists, whether in Scotland, Catalonia, Quebec or anywhere else, invariably assume that a person must either be Scottish or British, Catalan or… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
I find Spanish really difficult. They speak so quickly, whereas in German it's very clear what they're saying. It's easier to repeat. — Eliot Paulina Sumner Copy Share Image
I'm just trying the American dream. To work here in the U.S., you have to commit and be here. For many years,… — Eugenio Derbez Copy Share Image
I'm reaching a huge audience. I'm doing what artists like Beyonce are doing in terms of selling out stadiums. The difference is… — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
My grandmother died in 1991 and I was born in '86. We only met once, but I didn't speak English and she… — Oona Chaplin Copy Share Image
I don't know, 'Zorro' was just so great for me because, knowing where I came from, everyone spoke Spanish to me, like,… — Catherine Zeta-Jones Copy Share Image
I mean no offence, but we know that the French league is not the same as the Spanish or English league, where… — Rivaldo Copy Share Image
When you hear Portuguese, if you're listening fleetingly, it's as if you're hearing Russian, which never happens with Spanish. Because the Portuguese… — Gregory Rabassa Copy Share Image
There's a particular style that is very Peru that you don't see anywhere else; it's got so many different imprints. When you… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
“Well, as I was saying, it costs a lot to be authentic, madam. And one can't be stingy with these things, because… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
People were very passionate and over the top about showing me their love and affection, and they memorized my songs in Spanish. — Thalia Copy Share Image
“—Aun no entiendo cómo puedo odiar tanto a alguien a quien amo—me dijo con furia. —Yo siento exactamente lo mismo, salvo que… — Lolo Mayaya Copy Share Image
A lot of people say I'm not Mexican because I don't speak a lot of Spanish or am there a lot, but… — Andy Ruiz Jr Copy Share Image
I wish I was fluent. My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would… — Aubrey Plaza Copy Share Image
For real, some of my favorite music is Mexican. It's something about the bassline and the drumming. I can't even speak Spanish,… — Yelawolf Copy Share Image
Working in kitchens with Mexicans you always listen to the Spanish channel and that's what I use. Whenever I cook I think… — Action Bronson Copy Share Image
“I picked up a new language a few months ago. It was just laying on the ground, dirty, so I scooped it… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Me abrumó la soledad que desprendía su persona y, a un tiempo, creí ver en su interior un abismo infinito al que… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
My older brother and my oldest sister, they're fluent in Spanish. Me and my other sister, we can understand a lot of… — Julianna Pena Copy Share Image
The problem is that I work in more than one genre. It's impossible for me to aim for a single one because,… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
I landed in New Jersey, where I could barely speak English, and I had to figure out what a short brown kid… — Maria Ressa Copy Share Image
“The Spaniards are good at many things, but not at making war. All foreigners are alike appalled by their inefficiency, above all… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
Somehow you get past languages. I don't speak Mandarin. I don't speak fluent Italian. I don't speak German. But it's amazing how… — B. J. Armstrong Copy Share Image
