Speak English Quotes - Page 6

• I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school.

  Francisco Costa

  Fashion, New York, School

  "When Francisco Met Bianca". Harper’s Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 18, 2011.

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• I started doing shows in places that I couldn't pronounce, didn't know existed, and I've seen people that didn't speak English or Spanish rapping to every lyric and singing to every hook. I said, "This is the type of music that I want to do."

  Pitbull

  Rap, People, Singing

  Source: www.cnn.com

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• My father was a mailman. His father was a coal miner. My mother's mother could barely speak English. And their son today stands on this podium in the great state of Ohio not only as the governor, but a candidate for president of the United States.I do believe in miracles.I've had a lot of elections. But my elections are really not about campaigns. I tell my people that these are about a movement.A movement to do things like provide economic growth. And a movement not to let anybody be behind.

  John Kasich

  Mother, Father, Believe

  GOP Debate, www.cbsnews.com. August 07, 2015.

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• I engage with New York and America but my parents pretty much hang out in this radius of Long Island where their friends are and where their work is. That's why you have people who have lived in New York for like 20, 30 years who don't speak English. They just live in a Chinese community or an Indian community. More than anywhere you'll find that in Queens.

  Himanshu Suri

  New York, Queens, Islands

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• He speaks English, Spanish, and he's bilingual too.

  Don King

  Stupid, Speak

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• My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English.

  Margaret Cho

  Funny, Color, Parent

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• I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and I couldn't speak English.

  Francisco Costa

  New York, Father, College

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• I'm bilingual. I speak English and I speak educationese.

  Shirley Hufstedler

  Education, Teaching, School

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• If one takes pleasure in calling the gold standard a "barbarous relic," one cannot object to the application of the same term to every historically determined institution. Then the fact that the British speak English - and not Danish, German, or French - is a barbarous relic too, and every Briton who opposes the substitution of Esperanto for English is no less dogmatic and orthodox than those who do not wax rapturous about the plans for a managed currency.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Gold, Facts, Esperanto

  "The Gold Standard". Excerpt from chapter 17 of "Human Action, The Scholar's Edition", book by Ludwig von Mises, mises.org. 1949.

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