I like English, and I like writing essays, and that kind of stuff. — Abigail Breslin Copy Share Image
Nineteenth-century English literature I know; 19th-century sewage systems, not so much. — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
“And he said... ...crossing your' 't' isn't as important as crossing your legs.” — Anthony T. Hincks Copy Share Image
I was very priggish as a child. I saved up for a book on medieval English nunneries, for which I was despised… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness. — Marthe Bibesco Copy Share Image
It was always yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing, to make it too common. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The English National Opera does have some terrific productions, which are accessible, and they're not too ridiculously expensive. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I went to an English school and was brought up in English. So I don't feel Czech. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
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In England, gossiping is not as commonplace or even celebrated as much as it is in Latino culture. But it is not… — Perez Hilton Copy Share Image
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Sometimes I'll go by and there are a couple of swans, the next day it's a few ducks. I'd like to stop… — Graeme Le Saux Copy Share Image
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“...[G]reat progress was evident in the last Congress of the American 'Labour Union' in that among other things, it treated working women… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Intellectually the French are wonderfully open, in a way the British just don't begin to be. You can question ideas in France,… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
“I guess that isn't the right word," she said. She was used to apologizing for her use of language. She had been… — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr Copy Share Image
I had the impression from reading English literature that British women were great beauties, and I only had seen Julie Christie, and… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
It has been said, by engineers themselves, that given enough money, they can accomplish virtually anything: send men to the moon, dig… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
“Being too American, or American at all, is pretty much the worst thing a Brit can be. “American” is synonymous with pushiness,… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
“We lawyers do not write plain English. We use eight words to say what could be said in two. We use arcane… — Richard C. Wydick Copy Share Image
I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden shoes. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“France is the land where dalliance is so passionately understood.” — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
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