“He would always speak the language of the heart with an awkward foreign accent.”
Orson Scott Card book Shadow of the Hegemon
Source: Shadow of the Hegemon
Source: The Six Rules of Maybe
“He would always speak the language of the heart with an awkward foreign accent.”
Orson Scott Card book Shadow of the Hegemon
Source: Shadow of the Hegemon
“He who does not speak foreign languages knows nothing about his own.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician
Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiß nichts von seiner eigenen.
Maxim 91
Maxims and Reflections (1833)
Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author
When the Leaves Blow Away (2006), I Still Have a Pony (2007)
Jet Li (1963) Chinese martial artist and actor
As quoted in Actor Jet Li Agreed To Star In ‘Mulan’ For His Daughter https://in.news.yahoo.com/actor-jet-li-agreed-star-045050431.html in Yahoo News (September 7, 2020)
Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author
When the Leaves Blow Away (2006), I Still Have a Pony (2007)
“I don’t set out to speak a comprehensible language. But my language is authentic.”
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)
“I speak only one language, and it is not my own.”
Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) French philosopher (1930-2004)
Source: Monolingualism of the Other: or, The Prosthesis of Origin
Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) French philosopher (1930-2004)
Derrida Jacques, Elisabeth Weber (1995), Points...: Interviews, 1974-1994. p. 115
“The world language is English as spoken by foreigners”
Kristen Nygaard (1926–2002) Computer scientist, Mathematician