“I am proud to be a Turk, and to write in Turkish about Turkey - and to have been translated into about 40 languages. But I don't want to politicize things by dramatizing them.” WantWritingHas BeensLanguageProudTurkeysTurkish Author:Orhan Pamuk
“By emphasizing the importance of a common language, we safeguard a proud legacy and help to ensure that America's future will be as great as her past.” HelpingAmericaPastLanguageCommonProudImportanceLegacyCommon Language Author:Ronald Reagan
“It's a joyful, humbling feeling to be in different places around the planet and people have seen shows that I'm proud of being a part of, that do have things to say about the human condition, the planet, and who we are and where we've come from, that will sustain. Those ideas are universal and they work in any language.” PeopleHumansIdeasDifferentShowsFeelingsLanguageConditionsPlanetsProudUniversalWho We AreHuman ConditionJoyfulDifferent PlaceHumbling Author:Scott Bakula
“For them [LGBT group], language has to say exactly what it means. "Why aren't you proud of being gay?" they wanted to know. "Why are you so dark? Why are you so morbid? Why are you so sad? Don't you realize, we're all okay? Let's celebrate that fact." But that is not what writers do. We don't celebrate being "okay." If you want to be okay, take an aspirin.” IfsKnowsWantMeanFactsWantedLanguageRealizingDarkGroupsProudGayOkayCelebrateLgbtMorbidBeing GaySo SadAspirinBeing Okay Author:Richard Rodriguez
“One fact we're particularly proud of is that there are more people learning languages on Duolingo in the US than there are people learning languages in the entire US public school system.” PeopleFactsSchoolLanguageProudPublic SchoolSchool SystemLearning Language Author:Luis von Ahn
“The experimental film scene was very much misogynistic as well. I don't know if you have read what little attention was given to the films of Joyce Wieland, who was the wife of Michael Snow. Michael was the "genius" and she was not. If you look at the films they're wonderful, but very different. Michael was very proud of the films too, so it was not coming from him. It was coming from the general environment. I think both Chantal Akerman and I shared that. We wanted to find a language, which was the language of women.” ThinkingDifferentFilmLanguageAttentionEnvironmentWifeWonderfulProudGeniusSceneSnowJoyce Author:Babette Mangolte