My mother was English. My parents met in Oxford in the '50s, and my mother moved to Nigeria and lived there. She… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
Always when I write my music, I take my guitar, and I improvise always with a melody, you know, lyrics in Spanish.… — Juanes Copy Share Image
The truth is that I've always wanted to be an actor, ever since I was a child. I used to see these… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
Comparing and contrasting is a valuable human skill - and not just during high school English exams. Our ability to rank-order things… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
When I first came over to the States, I started writing, I think, as a way to help myself learn English. I… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“ "Still, not to be English is hardly regarded as a fatal deficiency even by the English, though grave enough to warrant sympathy.” — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
“There is nothing intrinsic in the English language that made it attain such prominence. It is far from easy to learn. (A… — Minae Mizumura Copy Share Image
I don't feel I have an issue with listening or understanding English in any sort of way. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I'm an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying to find the hidden… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
I used to write a lot of songs. I was an English major in college. I was a deluded poet for a… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
The English probably do that wordplay kind of humour and whimsy better than anyone, and I've always felt that my writing goes… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
The only thing I won't watch is darts. And I don't watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you… — Thierry Henry Copy Share Image
My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at… — Freeman A. Hrabowski III Copy Share Image
It is a culture voice, but it is a very American culture voice, and I am very used to English culture voice.… — Christopher Plummer Copy Share Image
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
“The reason creatures wanted to use language instead of mental telepathy was that they found out they could get so much more… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
I'm completely English, but I grew up in Paris and went to school here. My parents moved when I was five. — Jemima West Copy Share Image
People who use chew instead of you, or misspell words on purpose because they think it sounds better, thanks for disrespecting the… — Nathan Schwake Copy Share Image
In the English books, the American kids' books, typically, there is a problem, the characters grapple with that problem, and the problem… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt… — Mathias Rust Copy Share Image
I have long been interested in landscape history, and when younger and more robust I used to do much tramping of the… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
