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“Friends started saying, "Oh, don't come. No vengas. It's dangerous for us, and we live here." Then there's also the issue, if you go back, and you happen to be Mexican-American, you get treated very differently [in Mexico] than if you're blond. If you say something wrong, they say, "Why don't you learn your mother tongue?"”

Ifs Happens Mother Issues Dangerous Tongue Treated Mexico Mexican Mother Tongue Mexican American

Author:Sandra Cisneros

“We're one race. No matter our religion, beliefs, mother tongue, or skin color.”

Matter Mother Belief Race Color Skins Tongue Skin Color Mother Tongue

Author:Claudia Black

“I think it was pretty obvious early on that we had both come with kind of the same attitude of "Let's just [jump] in," and neither of us was going to be precious about it. I feel like the thing that we learned is, weirdly, the most intimate thing or a very intimate thing you can do to somebody is hold their tongue with your fingers. When Paul [Dano] is making me talk [in Swiss Army Man].”

Thinking Men Feels Kind Can Do Attitude Army Fingers Obvious Tongue Intimate Swiss

Author:Daniel Radcliffe

“People usually don't allow you to cut off their tongue.”

People Cutting Tongue

Author:Etgar Keret

“The only thing better than good English writing is - I can't think of anything. You just don't pour it pureed over your potatoes. You savor it as if it were a find chardonnay. What on Earth does it matter if you stop and repeat a phrase, roll it around on your tongue, dart a few lines ahead and then suddenly come back and reread it? If the phrase is good enough, you are supposed to stop and rejoice in it.”

Ifs Thinking Writing Doe I Can Matter Enough Earth Reading Lines Tongue Phrases Repeats Over You Good Enough Rejoice Potatoes Does It Matter Chardonnay English Writing

Author:William Murchison

“I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue.”

Silence Communication Tongue

Author:Xenocrates

“If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.”

Ifs Thinking Want Character Witty Tongue Occasions Every Occasion

Book:The private diaries of Stendhal [pseud.]

Source: The private diaries of Stendhal [pseud.]

“There is no art or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift of tongues, and makes a man understood and valued in all countries, and by all nations; it is the philosopher's stone, that turns all metals, and even stones, into gold, and suffers not want to break into its dwelling; it is the northwest passage, that brings the merchant's ships as soon to him as he can desire: in a word, it conquers all enemies, and makes fortune itself pay contribution.”

“Restrain thy mind, and let mildness ever attend thy tongue.”

Mind Tongue Mildness

Author:Theognis of Megara

“To many men well-fitting doors are not set on their tongues.”

Men Wells Doors Tongue Fitting

Author:Theognis of Megara

“When I saw that scene [in ocean from the Aquarius] for the first time, it blew me away. It caused me to reflect on my age, my history and all that I've been through in Brazil. Having been away from Brazil for so long, while not speaking in my own tongue, when I saw that image, I felt like I was taking my first deep breath after nearly suffocating to death. It was like the plastic had been removed from my head. Even if this breath turned out to be my last, at least I got to have this one moment of release. At least I got this one chance.”

Ifs Firsts Long Moments Age Lasts Felt Chance My Own Saws Scene Ocean First Time Breaths Tongue Release Plastic Brazil Deep Breath One Chance Suffocating Aquarius

Author:Sonia Braga

“[Donald] Trump's own arrogance gets in the way. It's as if he steps on his own tongue regularly.”

Ifs Way Steps Trump Tongue Arrogance

Author:Star Jones

“Even when it comes to writing fiction, how do you encompass all this stuff that's right on the tip of your tongue? You have to fold that into what you're working on.”

Writing Stuff Fiction Tongue Folds Writing Fiction

Author:Paul Beatty

“It's very rare that you get material that rolls off your tongue.”

Materials Tongue

Author:Pauletta Pearson Washington

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

Mother Language Tongue Calcutta Bengali Fluent Mother Tongue Albanian

Author:Mother Teresa

“Max [Landis] writes in quite a heightened way, specifically for Dirk. There's a rhythm and a specific speed to it, and it was very easy to learn because it was so well-written. It just rolled off the tongue. There aren't many auditions that I go for, where I feel like I could actually do the part. But with this one, even though I was not quite sure how to pin Dirk down, I thought I could do it.”

Way Feels Writing Wells Easy Written Tongue Speed Rhythm Auditions Pins Max Well Written Landi

Author:Samuel Barnett

“The Negro was taught to speak the white man's tongue, worship the white God, and accept the white man as his superior.”

Men Speak White Accepting Taught Worship Tongue Superiors White Man

Author:Malcolm X

“I learned to use language like my mother did. I would simulcast, give you the program in your own tongue.”

Giving Use Mother Language Program Tongue

Author:Trevor Noah

“The man was a deceiver. He was deceitful and I will never bite my tongue in saying that. I don't think he was anything but a politician, and he used Negroes to get elected and to get votes.”

Thinking Men Used He Man Politician Vote Tongue Bites Deceitful Deceiver

Author:Malcolm X

“With my tongue in one cheek only, I'd suggest that were our palaeolithic ancestors to discover the peer-review dredger, we would be still sitting in caves.”

Stills Would Be Sitting Tongue Reviews Ancestor Cheeks Peers Caves Peer Review

Author:Zygmunt Bauman

“When you think about the person responsible for creating the character and the dialogue, Bill Monahan, who's a Boston guy, obviously, his words roll off my tongue quite nicely.”

Thinking Persons Character Guy Creating Responsible Bills Tongue Dialogue Boston

Author:Mark Wahlberg

“If you say, 'Oh, there was a little bit of acidity from the lime juice on the left side of my tongue, and then this beautiful, smooth pureed potato with some crunchy shallots on top, and it all came together,' you never will get out of that sentence alive.”

Ifs Littles Together Beautiful Left Bits Sides Alive Little Bit Sentences Tongue Smooth Potatoes Juice Limes Crunchy

Author:Pete Wells

“The Bahamas are gorgeous. The deep trench in the ocean floor called the Tongue of the Ocean, which comes between the islands, is the most beautiful deep indigo colour.”

Beautiful Ocean Tongue Islands Colour Gorgeous Trenches Indigo Bahamas

Author:Chris Hadfield

“I think [ Lars Von Trier] is a fantastic filmmaker. No question. You've got to be ready for him. He's sharp and he's got a sharp tongue and I love that. He doesn't mind it back.”

Thinking Mind Ready Tongue Fantastic Filmmaker Sharp Tongue

Author:John Hurt

“Now Barack Obama, who campaigned for transparency, is the President defending secret negotiations on new trade agreements that are largely being written by corporate lawyers and lobbyists. He would give corporations the key to the treasury while he gets the authority to fast track another hammering of working people and the environment. Yet the only people who get a real tongue-lashing from this President's White House are progressives around town who dare to call him on the carpet for abandoning his promises.”

“Wit and humor seem to always factor into this - there's a tongue-in-cheek tone you get when you take on a formalist story - because there's an inherent voice you're trying to copy (and often to satirize).”

Trying Stories Seems Voice Tongue Wit Factors Tone Copies Cheeks Inherent Tongue In Cheek Wit And Humor

Author:Alexander Weinstein

“I find myself trying to translate a lot of the things whirring passed my subjective lens into language I can make sense of, then that tribal tongue becomes rap-language and for whatever reason some people on the internet really like that. To y'all I'm eternally indebted.”

People Trying I Can Reason Language Internet Rap Tongue Make Sense Translate Lenses Subjective Indebted

Author:Milo

“That's the real beauty of chanting - you directly connect with God. I have no doubt that by saying Krishna over and over again, He can come and dance on the tongue. The main thing, though, is to keep in touch with God.”

Real Doubt Tongue No Doubt Krishna Chanting Real Beauty

Author:George Harrison

“When one chants the holy name of Krishna, Krishna dances on the tongue and one wishes one had thousands of ears and thousands of mouths with which to better appreciate the holy names of God.”

Names Wish Holy Mouths Appreciate Ears Tongue Krishna

Author:Mukunda Goswami

“I eat green ants often enough. They are wonderful. The trick is to squash them before you eat them, otherwise they bite your tongue and it ruins the experience.”

Enough Wonderful Green Tongue Tricks Ruins Bites Ants Squash

Author:Tim Winton

“There's actually an article in the Washington Post, I don't know whether it's tongue in cheek or not, which said the criterion for being on the list of banned states is that [Donald] Trump doesn't have business interests there.”

Knows Said States Interest Trump Tongue Lists Posts Articles Cheeks Criteria Banned Tongue In Cheek

Author:Noam Chomsky

“This is a diseased century. We diagnosed the disease and its causes with microscopic exactness, but whenever we applied the healing knife a new sore appeared. Our will was hard and pure, we should have been loved by the people, but they hate us. Why are we so odious and detested? We brought you truth and in our mouth it sounded like a lie. We brought you freedom, and it looks in our hands like a whip. We brought you the living life, and where our voice is heard the trees wither and there is a rustling of dry leaves. We brought you the promise of the future, but our tongue stammered and barked.”

“I do know I'm going to heaven. I have read all of the Scriptures and the passages that define paradise and things like that. To me, what matters is I'm going to be with Jesus and I'm going to be in his presence. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess. At that point, you know some to judgment, some to salvation.”

Knows Matter Jesus Heaven Judgment Salvation Tongue Scripture Knees Paradise Passages Bows What Matters Going To Heaven

Author:Rick Warren

“I had $20 million in the bank, girls are following me all over the f - place, people call my name everywhere I go. What would I change? And then one day you get onstage and you see two little girls who look like they are 11 years old sticking their tongues out and pulling their bras down and you quit touring. That's what happened to me.”

People Years Looks Littles Two Girl Names Millions Happened One Day Down And Following Tongue Quitting Pulling Touring Bras

Author:Rick James

“Refrain from the violence of fist, tongue or heart. And heart is real important.”

Heart Important Real Violence Tongue Fists Refrain

Author:Alveda King

“I think my criticism of the Pentecostal tradition that I heard with my sister's church was that it wasn't always audible. You couldn't quite figure out what was going on. And then, the people would very often do what they call speaking in tongues and I didn't know what they were saying. My father used to always say that if it can't be understood, then it's not the good news or not the gospel.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Used Father Church Heard Figures News Understood Tradition Criticism Tongue My Sister Good News Pentecostal Speaking In Tongues

Author:David C. Driskell

“I think that the gifts of the spirit are always subject to the control of the person who's exercising them. You're not forced in to doing it. Love never forces. And therefore 'the spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet' is another way it is put. You don't suddenly find yourself taken over by a spirit and find yourself speaking tongues. You're in control, but it's a gift. You can stop and start as you please, but it's a way of communicating with God.”

Thinking Way Persons Spirit Force Taken Subjects Exercise Please Communicate Tongue Prophet Finding Yourself Another Way Gifts Of The Spirit

Author:Nicky Gumbel

“I was just praying quietly in tongues and I found that a really helpful way to pray. There are other times when I use the gift when I really feel I don't know what to pray or how to pray. I know what I feel but I just can't quite put it in to words, and I use that, I find it a helpful gift. I don't think you need to speak in tongues, I don't think all Christians do speak in tongues, nobody has to speak in tongues, nobody's forced to, but if somebody wants to I think it's a good gift.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Way Want Needs Feels Use Christian Found Speak Praying Tongue Helpful

Author:Nicky Gumbel

“In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.”

Persons Ten Tongue Nine Disappointed Slander

Author:George Bancroft

“We are Jesus Christ's; we belong to him. But even more, we are increasingly him. He moves in and commandeers our hands and feet, requisitions our minds and tongues. We sense his rearranging: debris into the divine, pig's ear into silk purse. He repurposes bad decisions and squalid choices. Little by little, a new image emerges.”

Source: Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Imagine

“You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.”

People Ifs Believe Play Horror Tongue Cheeks Believe In You

Author:Bela Lugosi

“I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road... all tongues and all prayers belong to me. But I belong to none of them.”

Country Prayer Cities Son Tongue Tribes

Book:Leo Africanus

Source: Leo Africanus

“Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.”

Writing Book Lying Written Tongue Proof Liars Pens Deceiving

Author:Maimonides

“Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.”

Knows Inspirational Motivational Teach Progress Teaching Honesty Positive Inspirational Life Tongue Rabbi

Author:Maimonides

“To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.”

Enough Humor Too Much Witty Tongue Wit Sufficient

Author:Andre Maurois

“If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.”

“I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness.”

Want Economy Wine Tongue Hug Gentleness

Author:Robert Mondavi

“When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.”

Men Song Left Bits Deals Anger Tongue Reactions Horrible Therapy Kicks Terrified Avoidance Aftermath Later In Life Expressing Anger

Author:Alanis Morissette

“Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.”

Feelings Emotion Emotional Tongue Wit Epitaph

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.”

Humorous Deserve Credit Tongue Cheeks Turn The Other Cheek

Book:The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

Source: The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

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