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# Michel Thomas

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Michel Thomas was a polyglot linguist and decorated war veteran. He survived imprisonment in several Nazi concentration camps after serving in the Maquis of the French Resistance and worked with the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps during World War II. After the war, Thomas immigrated to the Uni

##  Quotes by Michel Thomas

> [All stress inhibits true and effective learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-thomas/all-stress-inhibits-true-and-effective-learning/)

[Michel Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-thomas/)

[Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/michel-thomas-72322_education_all-stress-inhibits-true-and-effective-l_1437517.jpg)

> [If you give yourself that short little moment of thinking, then you cannot miss it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-thomas/if-you-give-yourself-that-short-little-moment-of-thinking-then-you/)

[Michel Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-thomas/)

[Giving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/giving/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/michel-thomas-72322_giving_if-you-give-yourself-that-short-little-m_2352142.jpg)

> [What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-thomas/what-you-understand-you-know-and-what-you-know-you-don-t-forget/)

[Michel Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-thomas/)

[Forget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forget/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/michel-thomas-72322_forget_what-you-understand-you-know-and-what-yo_2498732.jpg)

> [If you know how to handle the verbs, you know how to handle the language. Everything else is just vocabulary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-thomas/if-you-know-how-to-handle-the-verbs-you-know-how-to-handle-the/)

[Michel Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-thomas/)

[Handle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/handle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/michel-thomas-72322_handle_if-you-know-how-to-handle-the-verbs-you_3056468.jpg)

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