- Breaks
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- Nov 07, 2020
Speak Quotes
The languages, and limits, people speak within.
A couple of these speak quotes are about language and identity specifically, children translating for family members, and a cultural background where the expected native language was never actually spoken at home. The Language collection covers this in more depth.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.
- English
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- Nov 07, 2020
I speak, Hindi, English, and American. I'm trilingual.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt so out of place at the Miss India pageant. I had just come back from America, and I was told I needed to lose my American accent and learn the Queen's English, so I had to enunciate my vowels and speak well and eloquently. Giving up a New York accent is pretty hard.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gandhi held no formal position of authority. Nor was there an organized army standing behind him. What he did have were his core beliefs and the audacity to speak truth to power.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
I so want to be able to speak another language. I love the way my friends who are half Italian and half English break from one language into another without even pausing.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hindi has never been a trouble. In fact, Hindi is the only language I can speak and write apart from Malayalam and English.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I watch a lot of Hindi films. I live in Hyderabad, where 60 per cent of the people speak Hindi.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dubbing for myself in Hindi is a big task. I know Hindi. I can read and write Hindi, but I dont normally speak the language, and that is very important.
- Stand
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to remind women of color out there to stand your ground, and don't ever be afraid to speak up.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020