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“The benefits of becoming fluent in a foreign tongue are as underestimated as the difficulty is overestimated. Thousands of theoretical linguists will disagree, but I know from research and personal experimentation with more than a dozen languages that (1) adults can learn languages much faster than children when constant 9-5 work is removed and that (2) it is possible to become conversationally fluent in any language in six months or less. At four hours per day, six months can be whittled down to less than three months.”

“The bicycle... has been responsible for more movement in manners and morals than anything since Charles the Second. Under its influence, wholly or in part, have blossomed weekends, strong nerves, strong legs, strong language... equality of sex, good digestion and professional occupation - in four words, the emanicipation of women.”

Has Beens Language Strong Sex Moral Four Influence Movement Responsible Legs Manners Nerves Occupation Weekend Bicycle Cycling Digestion Good Digestion Strong Legs

Author:John Galsworthy

“Wherever we go in the world we find other men speaking the same language, planning the same plans, dreaming the same dreams. And one of the big four - brownie, or brookie, cutthroat or rainbow - is the cause of it all”

Men World Dream Bigs Language Causes Four Plans Sea Rivers Fishes Planning Boat Lakes Fishing Rainbow Brownies Speaking The Same Language

Author:Roderick Haig-Brown

“My husband and I speak an ancient language called grammatical English, and the kids speak a strange dialect which is difficult to decode because it is based on only four phrases: 'Huh,' 'I dunno,' 'It's not my turn,' and 'I do everything around here!”

Children Kids Turns Speak Language Difficult Four Strange Husband Ancient Phrases My Husband Dialect

Book:Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)

Source: Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)

“The four most powerful words in the English language - please, thanks, sorry and why.”

Language Powerful Four Please Sorry Thanks Most Powerful English Language Powerful Words

Author:Wendy Alexander

“The builders of the British Indian Empire have patiently built its four pillars-the European interests, the army, the Indian princes and the communal divisions.”

Language Interest Four Built Army British Indian Empires Division English Language Englishmen Pillars Builder

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“Even though I started playing the violin when I was four, my early chamber music experiences helped build a strong foundation for my solo work, as all music is a rich language and dialogue that is shared on stage, no matter what the size of the ensemble.”

Matter Language Strong Rich Four Stage Music Is No Matter What Foundation Size Dialogue Solo Chamber Violin Ensemble Strong Foundation Chamber Music

Author:Anne Akiko Meyers

“Many young people today do not concern themselves with style. They think that what one says should be said simply and that is all. For me, style - which does not exclude simplicity, quite the opposite - is above all a way of saying three or four things in one. There is the simple sentence, with its immediate meaning, and then at the same time, below this immediate meaning, other meanings are organized. If one is not capable of giving language this plurality of meaning, then it is not worth the trouble to write.”

Source: Sartre in the Seventies: Interviews and Essays

“A single word that can be offensive to someone is a horrible thing for anyone who has iman. In other words, filthy language out of your mouth and faith inside your heart cannot coexist. You cannot have iman in your heart and ugly words come out of your mouth. If you have no control over whatever four letter words you keep using every time you get frustrated, there's a spiritual problem, it's not just a habit problem. How can you use a terrible word for anyone who has iman?”

“The work that the kids saw around them was so odious, so boring, so worthless that they came to regard WORK as the only dirty four-letter word in the English language.”

Kids Language Saws Four Letters Regard Boring Dirty Worthless English Language So Boring Four Letter Words

Book:Woodstock nation: a talk-rock album

Source: Woodstock nation: a talk-rock album

“Four. That's what I want you to remember. If you don't get your idea across in the first four minutes, you won't do it. Four sentences to a paragraph. Four letters to a word. The most important words in the English language all have four letters. Home. Love. Food. Land. Peace. . .I know peace has five letters, but any damn fool knows it should have four.”

“A republican form of government requires four standards: It demands a highly educated population manifesting critical thinking that participates in the affairs of the nation. It requires that citizens invest in a similar moral code. It insists on a mutual ethical system abided by all. It must engender a single language whereby all citizens can discuss, debate, come to resolution and initiate mutual beneficial action for their society.”

“You have this preconceived notion of him [Sly Stallone] as a big, tough guy, but he speaks four languages and he likes to watercolor.”

Bigs Guy Speak Language Four Tough Notion Likes Sly Tough Guy Preconceived Notions Watercolors

Author:Rachael Leigh Cook

“In Europe, kids learn at least four languages before they're out of high school. But our education system is so underfunded, they go to school to buy heroin and an AK-47.”

Kids School Language Four High School Europe Education System Heroin Ak 47

Author:Eddie Griffin

“I did want to become a novelist, but the program at Waseda was pretty intense in terms of language requirements - two hours of English and four hours of Chinese. I thought, what do I need this for? So I stopped going to class.”

Want Needs Two Language Term Hours Class Four Program Intense Chinese Novelists Requirements

Author:Hirokazu Koreeda

“I am a serial monogamist of sorts, and have been with my girlfriend for almost four years. In imagining my brain back to worlds where I might be around someone other sexed in that way and not know them that well, speaking out loud almost seems like requiring of demon language, or money spurting.”

Knows World Way Years Wells Has Beens Seems Might Language Brain Four Loud Girlfriend Demon Four Years My Girlfriend Serials Speaking Out

Author:Blake Butler

“I've learned a lot about language from reading slush. You can immediately tell if a writer is in control of the narrative. This writer will avoid using too many words like "possibly," "probably," "maybe," "perhaps," etc. He/she will avoid using clichés, as well as a lot of metaphors, and won't take four sentences to say what they could in one (or write a great sentence and follow it up with a bunch of stuff that just weakens it).”

Ifs Writing Wells Reading Language Stuff Four Metaphor Sentences Bunch Narrative I've Learned Etc Slush

Author:Mary J. Miller