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When the English language gets in my way, I walk over it. Billy Sunday English 142
If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. Doug Larson English 94
I want to have roles in English. Paz Vega English 89
The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour. Karl Marx English 83
I think English people were a lot better at breakdancing than they were at making records. Norman Cook English 79
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages. Alan Perlis English 78
I am not 100% English, I am actually part Italian and even part Hungarian. Therefore I feel very much part of Europe both in my upbringing and outlook. Bruce Bennett English 74
I know my own heart to be entirely English. Princess Anne English 72
There were sometimes from forty to sixty English machines, but unfortunately the Germans were often in the minority. With them quality was more important than quantity. Manfred von Richthofen English 68
The hallway was lined with numbered doors odd numbers on one side and even numbers on the other and large ornamental vases too large to hold flowers and too small to hold spies. Lemony Snicket English 67
I could sing in English before I could understand it because I phonetically learned it from the musicals. Vanessa Paradis English 67
The governor of Texas who when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish replied that if English was good enough for Jesus then its good enough for me. Christopher Hitchens English 48
I was more excited than scared, at the opportunity to work in an English movie. Aishwarya Rai English 48
Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall. Joseph Conrad English 48
When in doubt about whos to blame. Blame the English. Craig Ferguson English 45
Sparhawk grinned. If Martel finds out that hes drinking again hell reach down his throat and pull his heart out. Can you actually do that to a man You can if your arms long enough and if you know what youre looking for.... David Eddings English 44
Its a perfectly good face Sparhawk. It covers the front of my head. What else can you expect from a face David Eddings English 43
In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world. Albert Bushnell Hart English 42
Neither you nor I speak English but there are some things that can be said only in English. Aravind Adiga English 41
Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors. Alice Walker English 40
We gave you a perfectly good language and you fed up. Stephen Fry English 39
I was an English major. Jenna Bush English 38
Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without inadvertently mentioning at least three of them. Terry Prachett English 34
I was a terrible English student. Leon Uris English 32
Its very variety subtlety and utterly irrational idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other language. Robert A. Heinlein English 32
I read the greens in Spanish, but putt in English. Chi Chi Rodriguez English 30
Bicky rocked like a jelly in a high wind. P.G. Wodehouse English 30
She wanted more more slang more figures of speech the bees knees the cats pajamas horse of a different color dogtired she wanted to talk like she was born here like she never came from anywhere else Jonathan Safran Foer English 28
For the version of this CD released in Japan, a translation of the English lyrics is included, but there are lots of places where meanings are lost in the process of translation. Utada Hikaru English 27
Literature offers the thrill of minds of great clarity wrestling with the endless problems and delights of being human. To engage with them is to engage with oneself and the lasting rewards are not confined to specific career paths. Jonathan Stroud English 26
Intended to serve as an introduction to both the linguistic and also the practical study of spoken English. Henry Sweet English 25

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