It's fascinating when you're from another place, but you don't speak the language. Votes: 1
I feel that as the world becomes more and more multicultural, it's a good tool to be able to speak another language. Votes: 1
Foreign languages are another favourite topic, and as these men are bilingual they have a fair notion of what it means to speak and think in many different idioms. Votes: 1
Each language has its own take on the world. That's why a translation can never be absolutely exact, and therefore, when you enter another language and speak with its speakers, you become a slightly different person; you learn a different sort of world. Votes: 1
Even though I have spent literally years of my life trying to learn another language, any other language - and even though I have in the past claimed in several key professional contexts that I speak other languages - I am in fact still trapped inside the bubble of English. Votes: 1
This happens to a lot of kids from different backgrounds - they lose a lot of their parents' and grandparents' teachings, language and culture because they have to deal with another language and culture 24/7. By the time I was 44, I was terrible at Spanish. I was always intimidated whenever I had to speak it. Votes: 1
In Buenos Aires, I have a very close friend who speaks very good English, and she taught me. It was quite difficult because the muscles of your mouth are used to your language, and then when you want to speak another language, they don't go to the place they need to go to make the sound. Votes: 1
I'm not a wildly gifted person; I don't play an instrument or speak another language or have great accomplishments in another field, as many writers do. But writing feels natural to me; the act of it seems to free up my unconscious, so that sometimes I feel that I have access to more ideas and information than my conscious mind could think up. Votes: 1
Another roof, another proof. Votes: 4 Paul Erdos
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. Votes: 6 Nelson Mandela
Public Speaking is very easy. Votes: 3 Dan Quayle