Children Quote by Johan Cruyff

I learned Portuguese, English and Spanish. It was great for me. My family always forced me to speak in every language.

— Vicente Luque

We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was French and met my father…

— Joanne Harris

I trained as a classical actor in London for three years. We did Tennessee Williams and dialect and accent classes; they were one of…

— Sam Palladio

I grew up speaking Vietnamese - that was my first language because my parents didn't speak any English, and I didn't learn English until…

— Hong Chau

I listen a lot to how people speak. I've read a great many good books in my life. I had some excellent English teachers.…

— Anthony Bourdain

My father spoke with something very similar to a 1920s newscaster type of English, and I learnt that accent of power in post-colonial Zimbabwe.…

— Rege-Jean Page

My parents both worked full-time flipping burgers at the local fast-food joint, and my grandmother looked after us. English was her second language, so…

— Kameron Hurley

When I was 10 years old, we moved to Spain with my mother. I learned Spanish before I learned English. But the English language…

— Elif Safak

I don't speak anything fluently, but I love picking up languages and I do this Duolingo app. I started when I moved to Sweden,…

— Eliot Paulina Sumner

I learnt English later in life.

— Raza Murad

I learned English at school, or at least that's how it started. Also, in Holland - as opposed to some other European countries -…

— Michiel Huisman

I grew up with my grandfather, so I knew him really, really well. He was funny and opinionated and wonderful. He was fascinated by…

— Sophie Dahl