#english

I have 5 children of my own. They are bilingual, like most second and third generations. But they speak primarily in English and they couldn't find anything on television that represented who they are in this country. ↗

— Robert Rodriguez

#bilingual #children #country #english #find

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#anxiety #beneath #constantly #english #englishman

English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#because #biggest #design #dominates #english

I'm older than my sister so I started writing first. I started writing at school. I was always top of my class in composition, essays, English Lit and all of that. ↗

— Joan Collins

#class #composition #english #essays #first

Harrison Ford - one of my favorite actors - has a wonderful sense of character and depth and uniqueness to him, yet he's able to just deliver the lines without putting any English on it. ↗

— Thomas Jane

#any #character #deliver #depth #english

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all. ↗

— Randall Jarrell

#far #frightening #manners #more #none

The recent riots in France demonstrate the problem European countries face where second and third generation immigrants still do not consider themselves French, German, or English. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

#countries #demonstrate #english #european #european countries

In 1628 came the first English attack on Canada. ↗

— Harry Johnston

#came #canada #english #first

I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published. ↗

— Sally Kirkland

#along #art #dance #english #eventually

Intended to serve as an introduction to both the linguistic and also the practical study of spoken English. ↗

— Henry Sweet

#both #english #intended #introduction #linguistic