“I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.” — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play.… — Kapil Dev Copy Share Image
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, my wife speaks five languages: Russian, English, French, Italian and, out of self-defense, Spanish. I watched her… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
America has had an influence on me, as has going out with a Cuban-American guy and having lots of American friends. But… — Lily Cole Copy Share Image
At the beginning of my acting career, I worked for two seasons at the RSC and spent a lot of time in… — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks England and America are the same, as we have the same language, but I felt like an alien as an… — Jaime Murray Copy Share Image
Ah, Scotland. I am three-parts Scottish and terribly proud of it, although maybe we should divide it into eighths, because my two-eighths… — Joanna Lumley 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
My early wounds were the English school system among other things. It wasn't merely the discipline, it was the ways in which… — George Woodcock Copy Share Image
When I'm on television, I'm talking to millions of people, so the conversation is totally different. My words are different. My diction… — Keyshawn Johnson Copy Share Image
I found that I was just hopeless at school. It was just a total bore. First, I passed in art and English,… — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
Occasionally I write a small piece or the odd lecture in English, and I teach in English, but my fiction is always… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I was always told that I was good in mathematics, and I guess my grades and standardized test scores supported that. My… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
My mother had an incredibly strong accent - although I couldn't hear it - and she was the main person there, so… — John Key Copy Share Image
I don't see how English as we use it in Europe can be revivified. It's like Latin must have been in about… — John Banville Copy Share Image
When Im in town on Sundays, I sometimes go down to the Central Bar in the East Village to watch English football.… — Joe Scarborough Copy Share Image
“He liked the English and their peculiarities. He liked their stoicism under pressure; on the wall in his factory he kept a… — Natasha Solomons Copy Share Image
I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
