#english

If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman. ↗

— John Keegan

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English football is in a bad way because the foreign players here are so good, so dominant. ↗

— Kevin Keegan

#because #dominant #english #english football #football

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme. ↗

— E. M. Forster

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Over 90 percent of parents in Puerto Rico want their children to be totally fluent in English. ↗

— Luis Fortuno

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Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make it an incredibly fertile place culturally. A brilliant place to live. Sad but true. ↗

— Pete Townshend

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English of course is your major tool, but it is not nearly so important as other aspects of writing for example you have to have some natural ability you can't buy it no one puts it there you're born with it. ↗

— Leon Uris

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We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#borrow #down #english #just #languages

English players are as easy to coach. The problem is that the Premier League has the best players in the world, and statistically not all of them can be born in England. But we don't have enough English players: we are working very hard on it. ↗

— Arsene Wenger

#born #coach #easy #england #english

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

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Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#both #composition #dialect #english #english language