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• I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French.

  Danica McKellar

  School, Years, Lucky

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• Greek is the embodiment of the fluent speech that runs or soars, the speech of a people which could not help giving winged feet toits god of art. Latin is the embodiment of the weighty and concentrated speech which is hammered and pressed and polished into the shape of its perfection, as the ethically minded Romans believed that the soul also should be wrought.

  Havelock Ellis

  Running, Art, Latin

  Havelock Ellis (1915). “Impressions and comments”

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• I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.

  Zoe Saldana

  Italian, Portuguese

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• I ended up majoring in English, which I'm not particularly fluent in.

  Ellie Kemper

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• It may be that the ignorant man, alone,
  Has any chance to mate his life with life
  That is the sensual, pearly spouse, the life
  That is fluent in even the wintriest bronze.

  Wallace Stevens

  Life, Men, Ignorant

  Wallace Stevens (2011). “The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play”, p.231, Vintage

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• I really want to do a film in another language. My dad's from Germany, so it'd be really cool to do a film in German. I'm not quite fluent, but I can get there. And my accent's pretty good. I wouldn't feel too out of my element.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Dad, Germany, Elements

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• Our tongues, fluent in lover's kiss.

  Jennifer Calvert

  Kissing, Tongue, Lovers

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• John K. Samson is fluent in the inexpressible. Find him on the page or find him in the ether-just find him

  Alissa York

  Pages, Samson

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• I came to realize,people who had Chinese accents will continue to have Chinese accents in America are treated as being stupid or not as intelligent as an English speaker who is fluent with an American accent - I came to realize why. But it's always fascinated me how quickly you can change where you stand with another human being just based on how you speak.

  Trevor Noah

  Stupid, Intelligent, America

  Source: www.npr.org

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• [My mother tongue is] Albanian. But, I am equally fluent in Bengali (language of Calcutta) and English.

  Mother Teresa

  Mother, Tongue, Language

  Source: mattersindia.com

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• If I were really fluent and born into the English language, I would probably become a greater writer.

  Chath Piersath

  Language, Born, Greater

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• When you're reading from a different language that's different from your own, it's not the same as being fluent.

  Chath Piersath

  Reading, Different, Language

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• Computing lets people express their creativity and unlock solutions, and code is computing's universal language. All young people, including girls, deserve to be fluent in the language of the future.

  Gabe Newell

  Girl, Creativity, People

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• I must say I'm not 100% fluent in Sign Language, but I am working on it!

  Sundra Oakley

  Sign Language, Language

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• With the wild nature as ally and teacher we see not through two eyes but through the many eyes of intuition. With intuition we are like the starry night, we gaze at the world through a thousand eyes. The wild woman is fluent in the language of dreams, images, passion, and poetry.

  Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  Dream, Teacher, Passion

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• Similarly, computer literacy courses tend to produce computer people who know a lot about computers or a piece of software but they don't help people become fluent with the machine.

  Seymour Papert

  Computer Literacy, People, Machines

  "Sunday Interview - Seymour Papert/ Computers in the Lives of Our Children/ an Mit Mathematician and Philosopher Is Exploring How Technology Can Educate the Next Generation - and Their Parents". www.sfgate.com. February 2, 1997.

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• There was the usual dreaminess, I suppose. Also a shyness that caused me - and others - to notice that I could express myself better by writing than by speaking. This is typical of many writers, I think. What is a drawback in childhood is an asset to a literary life. Not being fluent on one’s feet sends one to the page and a habit is born.

  Lorrie Moore

  Writing, Thinking, Feet

  "Lorrie Moore, The Art of Fiction No. 167". Interview with Elizabeth Gaffney, www.theparisreview.org. 2001.

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• Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.

  Paul Theroux

  Long, Sign Language, Way

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• I was born in Eastern Europe, in Latvia, and I'm fluent in Russian.

  Ksenia Solo

  Europe, Born, Latvia

  "Ksenia Solo Talks LOST GIRL, LOCKE & KEY and BLACK SWAN". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 6, 2012.

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• You don’t want a general houseworker, do you? Or a traveling companion, quiet, refined, speaks fluent French entirely in the present tense? Or an assistant billiard-maker? Or a private librarian? Or a lady car-washer? Because if you do, I should appreciate your giving me a trial at the job. Any minute now, I am going to become one of the Great Unemployed. I am about to leave literature flat on its face. I don’t want to review books any more. It cuts in too much on my reading.

  Dorothy Parker

  Jobs, Book, Reading

  Dorothy Parker (1970). “A month of Saturdays: thirty-one famous pieces by "Constant Reader"”

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• Cynicism is our shared common language, the Esperanto that actually caught on, and though I'm not fluent in it - I like too many things, and I'm not envious of enough people - I know enough to get by.

  Nick Hornby

  People, Esperanto, Common

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• I don't speak fluent bumpkin.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Speak

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• …always felt the pain of her friends so keenly that she could not speak easy, fluent words of comforting. Besides, she remembered how well-meant speeches had hurt her in her own sorrow and was afraid.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Hurt, Pain, Comforting

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “Anne's House of Dreams”, p.147, Gideon House Books

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• You may be right in believing that if you study hard, one day you might become fluent in English. But you will still look Chinese, and when people meet you, they’ll see a Chinese girl no matter how well you speak English. You’ll always be expected to know Chinese, and if you don’t, I’m afraid they will not respect you as much.

  Adeline Yen Mah

  Girl, Believe, Speak English

  Adeline Yen Mah (2009). “Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter”, p.151, Laurel Leaf

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• He gave a small nod, and I smiled back, and that was it. He understood that I'd understood that he'd understood. It took us one sentence, two looks, and a nod - with another woman it would have been at least five minutes of out-loud talking. Lucky for me I spoke fluent guy.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Talking, Two, Guy

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2012). “Kiss the Dead: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.41, Penguin

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