#english

The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify independence, and happily they were able to formulate the inalienable truths set forth in the Declaration. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

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Realistically, English is a universal language; it's the number one language for music and for communicating with the rest of the world. ↗

— Enrique Iglesias

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In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

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No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think. ↗

— Colin Firth

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I am making sure, as the governor of a territory, that our kids speak fluent English. But having said that, I will tell my wife I love her in Spanish, and I will pray in Spanish, and no one from Washington should come down here and tell us how to go about it. ↗

— Luis Fortuno

#am #come #down #english #fluent

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians. ↗

— Robert Trout

#american #american revolution #battle #english #fact

Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#could #dad #english #experience #guitar

It's difficult for me to feel that a solid page without the breakups of paragraphs can be interesting. I break mine up perhaps sooner than I should in terms of the usage of the English language. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

#difficult #english #english language #feel #i