#accent

He sucked his lips in an attempt not to laugh. "Aren't you Spanish?" She raised one arm in a salute. "Viva la Queen Isabella!" "I see. Then why are you speaking with a French accent? ↗

— Julia Quinn

#humor #humor

There was something in the music of the accent that Douglass liked: it was as if the Cork people put long lazy hammocks in their sentences. ↗

— Colum McCann

#music

We hear foreign accents on CNN. It's crazy, it's wild, who knows, maybe they'll take you because you certainly don't fit in, in the American spectrum of news. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#american #because #certainly #cnn #crazy

Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any. ↗

— Desi Arnaz

#any #career #doing #everyone #except

'Batman' took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time before my English accent came out again. I was actually having to try for it. ↗

— Christian Bale

#actually #again #batman #before #by the time

In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking. ↗

— Joe Biden

#cannot #delaware #donuts #go #growth

Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#always #any #fancy #life #phrases

I personally am not conscious of my accent. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#am #conscious #i #personally

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive! ↗

— Donna Karan

#accentuate #delete #negative

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that. ↗