Foreign Quotes

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Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone's home and backyard. — Vera Nazarian
Living in a foreign country is one of those things that everyone should try at least once. My understanding was that it completed a person,… — David Sedaris
To touch a person...to sleep with a person...is to become a pioneer," she whispered then, "a frontiersman at the edge of their private world, the… — Catherynne M. Valente
Standing, I turned to face my father. â€œItâ€™s the same as the scent on Moore. Itâ€™s definitely a foreign cat, but itâ€™s...more, somehow.â€ Ethan snickered… — Rachel Vincent
How can I play baseball when I'm worried about foreign policy? — Charles M. Schulz
Is love the desireâ€”no, the needâ€”to be with that person, whatever the cost? Does it cause the rue of rage when you see that person… — Keri Arthur
If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my… — Mahatma Gandhi
I believe the first draft of a book â€” even a long one â€” should take no more than three monthsâ€¦Any longer and â€” for… — Stephen King
I have never been normal about my body. It has always seemed to me a strange and foreign entity. I don't know that there was… — Marya Hornbacher
For all its rooted loveliness, the world has no continuing city here; it is an outlandish place, a foreign home, a session in via to… — Robert Farrar Capon
My subconscious speaks in a foreign language. — Deb Caletti
There is neither a foreign war nor a civil war; there is only just and unjust war. — Victor Hugo
I bet it breaks your heart to have two of your friends pine for me the way they do," he said proudly. "Luna...and now Scarlet.… — Ellen Schreiber
Life is a journey through a foreign land. — O.R. Melling
When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier. That does not mean it IS brighter and lovelier; it just means that sweet, kindly home… — Catherynne M. Valente
It is so strange, to encounter an ex. It's as if you're in a foreign film, and what you're saying face-to-face has nothing to do… — Jodi Picoult
I also think pronunciation of a foreign tongue could be better taught than by demanding from the pupil those internal acrobatic feats that are generally… — Jerome K. Jerome
... every available inch of his face busts into a smile - whoa. Has he blown into our school on a gust of wind from… — Jandy Nelson
Civil war.... What did the words mean? Was there any such thing as "foreign war"? Was not all warfare between men warfare between brothers? — Victor Hugo

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